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Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)
de la Llave, 1832. 2 subspecies recognized, here is shown costaricensis.
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Non breeding plumage, it has already lost the long uppertail coverts. The wing coverts are other of its distinctive features, very long, pointed and turned upwards, which surpass the flight feathers and appear out of the closed wing.
Family Trogonidae (Trogons)
6/ 40 species available
Savegre, San José, Costa Rica, Neotropical Region
Date: 14 july 2010
Author: Alex García
Acknowledgements: Melvin Fernández
 
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