Editing Trogon (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
[[File:Priotelus temnurus -Matanzas Province, Cuba-8.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Cuban trogon]] is one of two species restricted to the islands of the Caribbean]]
The majority of trogons are birds of tropical and subtropical forests. They have a cosmopolitan distribution in the worlds wet tropics, being found in the Americas, Africa and Asia. A few species are distributed into the temperate zone, with one species, the [[elegant trogon]], reaching the south of the United States, specifically southern Arizona and the surrounding area. The [[Narina trogon]] of Africa is slightly exceptional in that it utilises a wider range of habitats than any other trogon, ranging from dense forest to fairly open savannah, and from the Equator to southern [[South Africa]]. It is the most widespread and successful of all the trogons. The [[eared quetzal]] of Mexico is also able to use more [[Deserts and xeric shrublands|xeric]] habitats, but preferentially inhabits forests. Most other species are more restricted in their habitat, with several species being restricted to undisturbed primary forest. Within forests they tend to be found in the mid-story, occasionally in the canopy.

Some species, particularly the quetzals, are adapted to cooler montane forest. There are a number of insular species; these include a number of species found in the [[Greater Sunda Islands|Greater Sundas]], one species in the [[Philippines]] as well as two species [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Cuba]] and [[Hispaniola]] respectively. Outside of South East Asia and the Caribbean, however, trogons are generally absent from islands, especially oceanic ones.

Trogons are generally [[sedentism|sedentary]], with no species known to undertake long [[bird migration|migrations]]. A small number of species are known to make smaller migratory movements, particularly montane species which move to lower altitudes during different seasons. This has been demonstrated using radio tracking in the resplendent quetzal in [[Costa Rica]] and evidence has been accumulated for a number of other species. The Narina trogon of Africa is thought to undertake some localised short-distance migrations over parts of its range, for example birds of Zimbabwe's plateau savannah depart after the breeding season. A complete picture of these movements is however lacking. Trogons are difficult to study as their thick tarsi (feet bones) make [[bird ringing|ringing]] studies difficult.