Conservation and Management

The IUCN Red List conservation status of the Hispaniolan Trogon is currently Least Concern. Prior to 2018 it had a status of Near Threatened, due to ongoing habitat loss.

The Hispaniolan Trogon is a forest-dependent species, and is vulnerable to habitat loss or degradation; this is a particularly severe issue for the trogon in Haiti, although it is relatively common within remaining habitat in the Dominican Republic.

Conservation Areas

The Hispaniolan Trogon occurs in three of the ten Important Bird Areas (IBAs) from Haiti (Aux Diablotins IBA and Aux Cornichons IBA on Massif de la Selle, and Bois Musicien IBA on Massif de la Hotte) and nearly half of the IBAs in the Dominican Republic.

Conservation Measures and Habitat Management

In 2013, an artificial nest management project for the assisted reproduction of the Hispaniolan Trogon began in the Ébano, Verde Ecological Reserve, in the Central Cordillera of the Dominican Republic (the project was funded by FONDOCYT and led by Dr. Simón Guerrero, Universidad Iberoamericana, NIBE). Thirty artificial nests made of cement and sawdust were built to increase the availability of nesting cavities. The location of the artificial nests followed a pattern of height, orientation and location according to the characteristics of the natural nests previously located. The nests were initially located in the locality El Arroyazo, where three natural trogon nests had been identified (Eladio Fernández, personal communication), and later in La Sal. In this site, the nests were successfully used by Hispaniolan Trogon and the nesting phenology and nestlings development and growth were evaluated in 15 artificial nests from 2013 to 2015.