Appearance
Adult birds are 33–34 cm long. The head and upperparts of the adult male are metallic green, while its breast and belly are red. Alone among the quetzals, the male has a short crest above its short bill, which is orange. The vent is white. Females have brown heads and upper breast and no crest.
Distribution
The crested quetzal is found along the Andes from Bolivia through Ecuador, Peru and Colombia to Venezuela, in pristine and mature second-growth forest from 1,200–3,000 m in altitude. It has been rated as "least concern" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as it has a large range and its population appears to be stable.Food
The crested quetzal is frugivorous. Adults raising young also catch more nutritious prey such as arthropods and small vertebrates; one such item recorded was the glassfrog species "Hyalinobatrachium pallidum".References:
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