Trogons (Trogonidae)
Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) - HBW 6, p. 126
French: Quetzal resplendissant
German: Quetzal
Spanish: Quetzal Guatemalteco
Other common names: Quetzal, Northern/Magnificent Quetzal
Taxonomy: Pharomachrus Mocinno de la Llave, 1832, Guatemala and Chiapas.
Forms a superspecies with P. antisianus, with which has sometimes been considered conspecific; P. fulgidus may belong to this superspecies. Synonyms of mocinno include paradiseus and resplendens. Species name sometimes mispelt mocino. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mocinno de la Llave, 1832 - S Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras, E El Salvador and NC Nicaragua.
- costaricensis Cabanis, 1869 - Costa Rica (except Cordillera de Guanacaste) and W highlands of Panama (E, at least formerly, to Veraguas).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A female and a male changing shifts to incubate the eggs in the nest. Locality El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp mocinno)
Josep del Hoyo 1 April 2009 2 years ago 44 sec 4.9 -
A male in the nest, looking around, then leaving and perching next to it. Locality El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp mocinno)
Josep del Hoyo 1 April 2009 2 years ago 51 sec 4.8 -
A male on a branch, near its nest. Locality El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp mocinno)
Josep del Hoyo 1 April 2009 2 years ago 30 sec 4.8 -
A male incubating in the nest and watching its surroundings. Locality El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp mocinno)
Josep del Hoyo 1 April 2009 2 years ago 52 sec 4.8 -
A male incubating, looking out from the nest and then going back in. Locality El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp mocinno)
Josep del Hoyo 1 April 2009 2 years ago 32 sec 4.7 -
An adult male with an avocado fruit flying away, repeated in slow motion. Locality San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp costaricensis)
Alex García · Videoaves 14 July 2010 1 year ago 14 sec 4.4
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A male on a branch.
Locality Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp costaricensis)
Nick Athanas 16 March 2005 3 years ago 4.5 -
A perched adult male in a cloud forest.
Locality Chelemhá Cloud Forest Reserve, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala (ssp mocinno)
Knut Eisermann 26 May 2008 3 years ago 4.1 -
El macho
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 5 January 2009 1 year ago 3.6 -
frontal view of perched male
Locality Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 15 March 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
Perched female with avocado fruit
Locality Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 15 March 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Male exiting nest hole after feeding young
Locality Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 15 March 2010 1 year ago 3.5
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Song from a male. Locality Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp mocinno)
Nick Athanas 14 March 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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