Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps)

Other Names (World)
Golden-headed Quetzal, Golden-headed Trogon

Family
Trogonidae (Trogons)

Size
33 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1842)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,200 - 3,100 m, occasionally down to 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) [XC227636]
by Niels Krabbe from El Morro road, Merida, Venezuela (call)

Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) [XC694238]
by Jerome Fischer from Guayabetal, Cundinamarca, 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.
hargitti (Oustalet, 1891) - Andes of Venezuela.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) - 10 files

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