Resplendent quetzal
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The resplendent quetzal is a small bird found in Central America and southern Mexico that lives in tropical forests, particularly montane cloud forests. They are part of the family Trogonidae and have
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Resplendent Quetzal female
A resplendent quetzal found in the Talamanca cloud forests of Costa Rica
Female eating a wild avocado
Trogon
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The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae. The family Trogonidae contains 49 species in seven genera. The fossil record of the trogon
Resplendent quetzal
…small bird found in Central America and southern Mexico that lives in tropical forests, particularly montane cloud forests. They are part of the family Trogonidae and have two recognized subspecies, P. m. mocinno and P. m. costaricensis. Like other quetzals, the resplendent is mostly omnivorous; its diet mainly…
Harpactes erythrocephalus Khao Yai
Male masked trogon Trogon personatus temperatus
Fossil of Masillatrogon from Messel
The tendons of the foot, showing the arrangement with a reversed second toe. The plantar tendon on the front (flexor perforans digitorum) splits into two sections, and enters the front toes while the hind plantar (flexor longus hallucis) splits and enters the hind toes.