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| Publish Date : 01-04-2008
| Author : Haui
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| The Slaty-tailed Trogon, Trogon massena, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae.
This one seen along the Pipeline Road in ther Soberania National Park in Panama. It nests 3 to 15 m high in an occupied termite nest or decaying tree trunk, with a typical clutch of three white or bluish-white eggs laid in a chamber reached by an ascending tunnel. Both sexes excavate the nesting chamber. Slaty-tailed Trogons feed on insects and fruit.
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