Trigger to keep track of table changes

I am trying to create a trigger (Postgres 9.6) to track changes made to a table. This is my approach:

    CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION taxon_history() RETURNS trigger AS
    $BODY$
    BEGIN
    IF TG_OP = 'DELETE' THEN
    INSERT INTO history.taxon(operacao, "data", tecnico, original_oid, taxon)
    VALUES ('DELETE', current_timestamp, current_user, old.oid, old.taxon);
    RETURN old;
   
    ELSIF TG_OP = 'UPDATE' THEN
    INSERT INTO history.taxon(operacao, "data", tecnico, original_oid, taxon)
    VALUES ('DELETE', current_timestamp, current_user, old.oid, old.taxon);
    RETURN old;
   
    ELSIF TG_OP = 'INSERT' THEN
    INSERT INTO history.taxon(operacao, "data", tecnico, original_oid, taxon)
    VALUES ('INSERT', current_timestamp, current_user, new.oid, new.taxon);
    RETURN old;
    END IF;
    END;
    $BODY$
    LANGUAGE plpgsql;

    CREATE TRIGGER history_taxon
    AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON taxon
    FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE taxon_history();

However when something changes in the `taxon` table, no record is added to the `taxon_history` table. I also don´t get any error message so I am in the dark on why nothing is happening. What am I doing wrong?
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