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Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)
de la Llave, 1832. 2 subspecies recognized, here is shown costaricensis.
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The metallic plumage varies with light from the most habitual resplendent green to purplish blue. The upperside of tail and wings are black. This individual still mantains a pair of ornamental tail coverts, having already lost the other one, much longer (which can surpass the 70 cm).
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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