Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | kvesal chocholatý |
Dutch | Quetzal |
English | Resplendent Quetzal |
English (United States) | Resplendent Quetzal |
French | Quetzal resplendissant |
French (France) | Quetzal resplendissant |
German | Quetzal |
Japanese | カザリキヌバネドリ |
Norwegian | praktketsal |
Polish | kwezal herbowy |
Russian | Кетцаль |
Serbian | Veliki kvecal |
Slovak | kvesal chochlatý |
Spanish | Quetzal Guatemalteco |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Quetzal |
Spanish (Honduras) | Quetzal Mesoamericano |
Spanish (Mexico) | Quetzal Mesoamericano |
Spanish (Panama) | Quetzal Resplandeciente |
Spanish (Spain) | Quetzal guatemalteco |
Swedish | praktquetzal |
Turkish | Muhteşem Ketzal |
Ukrainian | Квезал довгохвостий |
SPECIES
Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
Ashley A. Dayer
Version: 1.0 — Published July 30, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published July 30, 2010
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
The Resplendent Quetzal primarily is frugivorous, although it occasionally take insects or lizards, especially to feed young. The Resplendent Quetzal forages in the midstory of the forest (Stotz et al. 1996). Wheelwright (1983) found the costaricensis subspecies in Monteverde, Costa Rica feeds on fruits of 41-43 plant species in 17 families. Nearly half of these species were part of the Lauraceae family. The mocinno subspecies in Chiapas, Mexico forages on 32 species of plants (Solorzano et al. 2000). Avila et al. (1996) and Wheelwright (1983) found over half of the total number of fruit items in the quetzal's diet were from Lauraceae.