Resplendent Quetzal Male

It is the same male but here I wanted to show its entire body, including the very long tail.
They were very shy and t was only possible to see them coming out of the nest after hours of waiting and only when we were alone with the owner of the property. Other days with more tourists around was virtually impossible to spot them. April, 2014.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

This one slipped through in setting the country :) Posted 9 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! I had not noticed. Fixed! ;-) Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks for the fix. An easy way to see unmapped photos is on your profile:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/user/2298/unmapped
    
    There's still two in there, but we cannot fix those. You correctly geotagged them yet somehow Google Maps did not detect the country. Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. Patomarazul
      
      Lion
      
      I think I corrected them now too. Thanks! :-) Posted 9 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Nice, 100% mapped :) And for the sake of completeness, there's also a personal unidentified species overview, in case you did not know:
        
        https://www.jungledragon.com/user/2298/unidentified
        
        Not suggesting you should clear that, it is perfectly normal to have a small percentage unidentified given your enormous set of contributions. Posted 9 years ago
      2. Patomarazul
        
        Lion
        
        Hi, thanks! I was able to ID two of these. I hpe I can find the rest. I will take a look from time to time. Corals are difficult and the leaf insect is apparently a new species as I was told in Project Noah :-) Posted 9 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        You only have 13 unidentified out of over 500, that is a most excellent score. But I know a perfectionist when I see one :)
        
        Here's our community score:
        https://www.jungledragon.com/all/unidentified Posted 9 years ago

Barry

Lion

Fantastic photo of a quetzal. I stomped around in the cloud forest (well named!) for hours and was thrilled to see a few but couldn't really get any photos worth anything. Posted 8 years ago

The Resplendent quetzal

The resplendent quetzal /ketSAHL/ is a bird in the trogon family. It is found from Chiapas, Mexico to western Panama . It is well known for its colorful plumage. There are two subspecies, ''P. m. mocinno'' and ''P. m. costaricensis''.

This quetzal plays an important role in Mesoamerican mythologies. The resplendent quetzal is Guatemala's national bird, and an image of it is on the flag and coat of arms of Guatemala. It is also the name of the local currency .

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Similar species: Trogons And Quetzals

Species identified by Patomarazul

By Patomarazul

Uploaded Nov 29, 2015. Captured Apr 21, 2014 16:58 in Calle San Gerardo, Cartago, Dota, Costa Rica.

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