Gartered Trogons use forest edges, lighter woodland, and clearings with large trees in lowlands and foothills. Males are green and violet-blue, while females are mostly grey above and on the throat and chest; both have orange-yellow lower underparts. They eat insects and fruit.
Males have metallic green upperparts, violet-blue crown, neck sides, and chest, with black sides of the head and throat. Females are mostly grey above and on the throat and chest; the lower underparts are orange-yellow in both sexes.
It uses forest borders, lighter woodland, and clearings with large trees in lowlands and foothills, feeding on insects and fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.