- Pharomachrus pavoninus
Identification
33-34 cm
Male
- Metallic emerald or golden green head, upperparts including uppertail coverts longer than the tail (some sources mention reflections of head sometimes being coppery red)
- Underparts include emerald green upper breast, scarlet lower breast and belly with a black undertail (there is no white separation of green and red)
- The bill is orange-red becoming yellow on the tip.
Female
- Similar but with less glossy head and shorter uppertail coverts (reaching to but not beyond the tip of the tail)
- Three part underside, from front to rear with golden-green, glossy olive-green, and salmon-orange
- Undertail with white tips on black feathers
- Bill and feet horn.
Distribution
Amazon Basin.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Lowland forest.
Behaviour
May join mixed species flocks.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
- Restall, R., C. Rodner, M. Lentino. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pavonine Quetzal. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pavonine_Quetzal
