elegant trogon

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Definition of elegant trogon

: a colorful, long-tailed, yellow-billed, tropical bird (Trogon elegans) of Mexico and Central America with a red belly and white band across the breast and with the back, chest, and head bright green in the male and brown in the female

Note: The elegant trogon occasionally nests in southern Arizona.

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