Resplendent Quetzal
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Resplendent Quetzal is a bird.It belongs to Trogan or Trogondae family. The zoological name of this bird is Pharomachrus Mcinno.As it is a very beautiful bird,it is very famous. It's body is green colour and the breast is red.The green colour body shows iridescence,that is when angle of view and angle of illumination change,the colour of the body changes from green gold to blue violet. It has a tail longer than its entire body.The male bird has a helmet like crest.The bill of this bird is yellow in mature males and black in females. it has large eyes that adapt easily to the dim light of its forest home. Resplendent quetzals are considered specialized fruit-eaters, although they mix their diet with insects (notably wasps, ants, and larvae), frogs and lizards.Particularly important are wild avocados and other fruit of the laurel family, which the birds swallow whole before regurgitating the pits, which helps to disperse these trees. Quetzals feed more frequently in the midday hours.The adults eat a more fruit-based diet than the chicks, who eat primarily insects and some fruits.Over fifty percent of the fruit they eat come from the family Lauraceae.Quetzals use the methods of "hovering" and "stalling" in order to selectively pick the fruit near the tips of the branches.
It is the national bird of Guatemala, and its image is found on the country's flag and coat of arms.That is the garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms. Also this bird lends its name to the country's currency, the Guatemalan quetzal (abbreviation GTQ).
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Resplendent Quetzal is a bird.It belongs to Trogan or Trogondae family. The zoological name of this bird is Pharomachrus Mcinno.As it is a very beautiful bird,it is very famous. It's body is green colour and the breast is red.The green colour body shows iridescence,that is when angle of view and angle of illumination change,the colour of the body changes from green gold to blue violet. It has a tail longer than its entire body.The male bird has a helmet like crest.The bill of this bird is yellow in mature males and black in females. it has large eyes that adapt easily to the dim light of its forest home. Resplendent quetzals are considered specialized fruit-eaters, although they mix their diet with insects (notably wasps, ants, and larvae), frogs and lizards.Particularly important are wild avocados and other fruit of the laurel family, which the birds swallow whole before regurgitating the pits, which helps to disperse these trees. Quetzals feed more frequently in the midday hours.The adults eat a more fruit-based diet than the chicks, who eat primarily insects and some fruits.Over fifty percent of the fruit they eat come from the family Lauraceae.Quetzals use the methods of "hovering" and "stalling" in order to selectively pick the fruit near the tips of the branches.
It is the national bird of Guatemala, and its image is found on the country's flag and coat of arms.That is the garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms. Also this bird lends its name to the country's currency, the Guatemalan quetzal (abbreviation GTQ).
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