Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)

Other Names (World)
Resplendent Quetzal, Quetzal, Northern Quetzal, Magnificent Quetzal

Family
Trogonidae (Trogons)

Size
36 cm

First Described (Guide)
de la Llave, 1832

Habitat
Canopy and subcanopy of undisturbed, humid, epiphyte-laden vergreen montane forest, cloud-forest, thickly vegetated ravines and cliffs, park-like clearings and pastures, and open areas with scattered trees adjacent to forest. From900 - 2,275 m, and up to 3,200 m in the south of its range.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica (B) (NB), El Salvador (B) (NB), Guatemala (B) (NB), Honduras (B) (NB), Mexico (B) (NB), Nicaragua (B) (NB), Panama (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status NT
Habitat fragmentation and destruction is the main thraet.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Insects, small frogs, lizards and snails.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (68)...)

Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) [XC31719]
by Andrew Spencer from Lagos de Montebello, Chiapas, Mexico (song)

Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) [XC872148]
by id from Santiago Atitl\u00e1n, Santiago Atitl\u00e1n, Solol\u00e1 Department, Guatemala (?)

Nest
A deep, unlined cavity in a decaying trunk or stump.

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 1 - 2
Incubation: 17 - 19 days

Young
Fledge: 23 - 31 days

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Crested Quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus), with which has sometimes been considered conspecific. Subspecies White-tipped Quetzal (Pharomachrus fulgidus) may belong to this superspecies. Synonyms of mocinno include paradiseus and resplendens. Species name sometimes mispelt mocino.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

mocinno de la Llave, 1832 - Southern Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras, eastern El Salvador and north-central Nicaragua.
costaricensis Cabanis, 1869 - Costa Rica (except Cordillera de Guanacaste) and western highlands of Panama (eastern, at least formerly, to Veraguas).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) - 10 files

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