Here's a first peek at my next project, "Songbird ReMix Trogons". The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes, which contains only one family, the Trogonidae. This family contains 46 species in seven genera. The word “trogon” is Greek for "nibbling" and refers to the fact that these birds gnaw holes in trees to make their nests. Trogons are residents of tropical forests worldwide. The greatest diversity is in the Neotropics. There are also three African species and twelve species which are found in southeast Asia. The Black-headed Trogon is endemic to southern Mexico south and east through Central America to northwestern Costa Rica. Unlike many trogon species, it prefers fairly open habitats, including plantations, secondary forest, gallery forest, and seasonally deciduous forests. It is less solitary than most other trogons, joining small groups of up to 12 individuals frequently gather during the breeding season to call, forage, and investigate nesting sites together. Sexes are dimorphic. The adult female is similar but the metallic coloring of upper parts replaced by slate color or blackish slate.