Editing Trogon (section)

===Diet and feeding===
Trogons feed principally on insects, other arthropods, and fruit; to a lesser extent some small vertebrates such as lizards are taken.<ref name ="HBW"/> Among the insect prey taken one of the more important types are caterpillars; along with cuckoos, trogons are one of the few birds groups to regularly prey upon them. Some caterpillars are known to be poisonous to trogons though, like ''[[Arsenura armida]]. ''The extent to which each food type is taken varies depending on geography and species. The three African trogons are exclusively insectivorous, whereas the Asian and American genera consume varying amounts of fruit. Diet is somewhat correlated with size, with larger species feeding more on fruit and smaller species focusing on insects.<ref name=Remsen/>

Prey is almost always obtained on the wing.<ref name ="HBW"/> The most commonly employed foraging technique is a [[Hawking (birds)|sally-glean]] flight, where a trogon flies from an observation perch to a target on another branch or in foliage. Once there the birds hovers or stalls and snatches the item before returning to its perch to consume the item. This type of foraging is commonly used by some types of bird to obtain insect prey; in trogons and quetzals it is also used to pluck fruit from trees. Insect prey may also be taken on the wing, with the trogon pursuing flying insects in a similar manner to [[drongo]]s and [[Old World flycatcher]]s. Frogs, lizards and large insects on the ground may also be pounced on from the air. More rarely some trogons may shuffle along a branch to obtain insects, insect eggs and very occasionally nestling birds. [[Violaceous trogon]]s will consume wasps and wasp larvae encountered while digging nests.<ref name ="Windsor"/>