| Apaloderma | |
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| Bar-tailed trogon Apaloderma vittatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Trogoniformes |
| Family: | Trogonidae |
| Genus: | Apaloderma Swainson, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Trogon narina1 Stephens, 1815
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| Species | |
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Apaloderma is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae.2
The name is a compound word composed of two Greek words: hapalos, meaning "delicate"and derma, meaning "skin".3 Established by William Swainson in 1833, the genus contains the following species:2
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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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 | |
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Apaloderma vittatum | Bar-tailed trogon | Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia |
References
References
- "Trogonidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- "ITIS Report: Apaloderma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.