Elegant Trogon

The Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans) is a bird that is a member of the trogon family and the mascot of Makkari High School and The Makkari High School Young Birder's Society.Alongside the Eared Quetzal,it is the most poleward-occuring species of trogon in the world.Ranging from Guatemala to Arizona and New Mexico.The bird has been spotted 6 times on 6 different occasions in Makkari High School.After the school was reborn in 1997,the Elegant Trogon was named the school's mascot Many kinds of trogons live in tropical forests, but only one species regularly occurs in North America. Easily recognized by their metallic-green and rose-red colors, as well as their unusual stout-bodied, square-tailed profile, Elegant Trogons are a prized sighting for birders who visit southeastern Arizona. Early on spring mornings, their repetitive and resonating calls carry through the sycamore and oak forests that line canyon streams. Elegant Trogons are reliant upon woodpeckers to excavate holes in trees where they place their nests

Some tips on this birds
Elegant Trogons are one of the most sought-after birds by bird watchers in the U.S., They breed regularly in only four mountain ranges in Arizona: the Atascosas, Chiricahuas, Huachucas, and Santa Ritas. They also are rarely reported in the southwestern mountains of New Mexico. Notwithstanding their restricted range, you should be able to find trogons if you look in the correct habitat (canyon forests of oak and sycamore) at the right time of year. Some trogons are present all year, but most arrive in April and depart in November. Listen for Elegant Trogons’ repetitive, resonant call notes to help narrow in on them. Males call most frequently in the early morning of April to May and again in late June to July. They are most easily seen when they erupt into flight after a prey item. At other times they tend to sit motionless, although typically in the upper understory or lower canopy, where they can still be fairly easy to spot if you look carefully.

Calls and Songs
Songs is a series of of croaking co-ah notes and other variations as well.

Range
Found in streamside woodlands,mostly at altitudes from 4,000 to 6,000 feet.Casual in west (Big Bend) and southernmost Texas