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[[Image:Resplendent_Quetzal.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Bjorn Svensson]]
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[[Image:Resplendent_Quetzal.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Bjorn Svensson. Photo taken: Costa Rica]]
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Photo taken: Costa Rica
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
==Distribution==
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==Distribution and Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
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Two subspecies: ''mocinno'' is found from [[Mexico]] to [[Nicaragua]], while ''costaricensis'' has home in [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]].
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Quetsals and Trogons are birds belonging to the same family ''Trogonidae''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Montane Forests
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Resplendent+Quetzal+ View more images of Resplendent Quetzal in the gallery]
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Revision as of 01:05, 9 November 2007

Pharomachrus mocinno
Photo by Bjorn Svensson. Photo taken: Costa Rica


Identification

Distribution and Taxonomy

Two subspecies: mocinno is found from Mexico to Nicaragua, while costaricensis has home in Costa Rica and Panama.

Quetsals and Trogons are birds belonging to the same family Trogonidae.

Habitat

Montane Forests

Behaviour

External Links

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