One of the prized sightings for birders in Southeastern Arizona is the Elegant TrogonTrogon elegans. In season it is found on the beautiful South Fork Road south of Portal branching off the Cave Creek Road. The buzz at the Cave Creek Ranch was that one or more Elegant Trogons were currently ‘in residence’ so we took off one morning to find it. One of the advantages of having other birders around is that all we had to do was drive down the road until we saw other birders pointing. We stopped, asked “Where” and there it was. Unfortunately, it kept its back to us.
To see a Trogon full frontal see the the very similar Ecuadorian Trogon page.