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Apaloderma is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderTrogoniformes
  5. FamilyTrogonidae
Observations recorded34,002

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
Family
Trogonidae
Collections
NHMUK, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, ANSP
Recorded in
Uganda, Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania

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Apaloderma is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae.

The name is a compound word composed of two Greek words: hapalos, meaning "delicate"and derma, meaning "skin". Established by William Swainson in 1833, the genus contains the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Apaloderma narina || Narina trogon || Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, and east Africa to eastern and southern South Africa |- | || Apaloderma aequatoriale || Bare-cheeked trogon || Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria |- |120px || Apaloderma vittatum || Bar-tailed trogon || Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia |- |}

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