Apaloderma is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae.
The name is a compound word composed of two Greek words: hapalos, meaning "delicate"and derma, meaning "skin". Established by William Swainson in 1833, the genus contains the following species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution 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 Apaloderma vittatum Bar-tailed trogon Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
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