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Bright green bird with rich shiny red chest sitting on a mossy branch. Its head, with thin golden-yellow feathers sticking up vertically and oversized black marble-like eyes, is tilted down making it look shy or bashful.

Some of its bright green wing feathers are seemingly pointed the wrong direction, curves forward over its chest.

Bright green bird with rich shiny red chest sitting on a mossy branch. Its head, with thin golden-yellow feathers sticking up vertically and oversized black marble-like eyes, is tilted down making it look shy or bashful. Some of its bright green wing feathers are seemingly pointed the wrong direction, curves forward over its chest.

Bright green bird with an exceptionally long, iridescent, tail feather that is green to blue as it curves, sitting on a mossy branch looking back over its shoulder toward the camera.

Bright green bird with an exceptionally long, iridescent, tail feather that is green to blue as it curves, sitting on a mossy branch looking back over its shoulder toward the camera.

I have to show off this absolutely unreal quetzal I had the pleasure of seeing in person. Otherwise I don't know if I could have been convinced that it wasn't stuffed animal.

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🎨 Birds Seen In 2025
🐦 Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)
📏 36–40 cm plus tail
📍 Savegre Valley, San José Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #quetzals #trogons #BirdsSeenIn2025

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🌎 Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) 

The male Resplendent Quetzal is a stunning iridescent green with a red belly and an exceptionally long, flowing green tail train. Females are duller with a shorter tail. Quetzals inhabit montane cloud forests from Southern Mexico to Western Panama. Generally shy and quiet, they become more vocal and perform elaborate displays during the breeding season. They mainly eat fruit, especially wild avocados. Two subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) 

Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)

Fun fact: The Resplendent Quetzal is the National Bird of Guatemala. Its image is on the country's flag and coat of arms, and the national currency is called the Quetzal. It is the only bird in the world with the word "Resplendent" in its common name!

📷: Photo by Drosera74 via Pixabay 
https://pixabay.com/photos/quetzal-bird-nature-colorful-9850089/

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🌎 Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) The male Resplendent Quetzal is a stunning iridescent green with a red belly and an exceptionally long, flowing green tail train. Females are duller with a shorter tail. Quetzals inhabit montane cloud forests from Southern Mexico to Western Panama. Generally shy and quiet, they become more vocal and perform elaborate displays during the breeding season. They mainly eat fruit, especially wild avocados. Two subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The Resplendent Quetzal is the National Bird of Guatemala. Its image is on the country's flag and coat of arms, and the national currency is called the Quetzal. It is the only bird in the world with the word "Resplendent" in its common name! 📷: Photo by Drosera74 via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/quetzal-bird-nature-colorful-9850089/ VBLA

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🎨 Costa Rica A–Z
🐦 Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)
📏 36–40 cm plus tail
📍 Savegre Valley, San José Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

Q is for Quetzal!

#birds #quetzals #trogons

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#wild So many of my adventures are about being wild, doing wild, seeing wild it’s hard to choose key moments 🙏 kidnapped by wild sea lions #Galapagos, tracking wild elephant #India seeking #quetzals #CostaRica my wild #orangutan 🦧 #Borneo 🙏

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