Apaloderma

Apaloderma is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae.^[2]

Apaloderma
Bar-tailed trogon Apaloderma vittatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Trogoniformes
Family:	Trogonidae
Genus:	Apaloderma Swainson, 1833
Type species
Trogon narina[1] Stephens, 1815
Species
3, see text

The name is a compound word composed of two Greek words: hapalos, meaning "delicate"and derma, meaning "skin".^[3] Established by William Swainson in 1833, the genus contains the following species:^[2]

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