Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) [XC748147]
by rudy gelis from RN San Sebastian de La Castellana, Antioquia, Colombia (uncertain)
Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) [XC260544]
by Mitch Lysinger from Napo: 'Caba\u00f1as San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Pavonine Quetzal (Pharomachrus pavoninus), and the two may be conspecific. White-tipped Quetzal (Pharomachrus fulgidus) possibly belongs to the same superspecies. Birds from north-eastern Colombia currently placed in nominate subspecies, but sometimes included in hargitti. The population of western Ecuador described as subspecies heliactin, but apparently inseparable from nominate.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
auriceps (Gould, 1842) - Eastern Panama (Cerro Pirre), and Andes from Colombia south to eastern Peru and northern Bolivia.