Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) [XC238828]
by Niels Krabbe from Napo: Cord. de los Guacamayos (1700-1800 m), Ecuador (call)
Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) [XC273890]
by Robert S. Ridgely from PN Tatam\u00e1, Montezuma trail near Pueblo Rico , Risaralda, Colombia (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.