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Quetzals (/ k ɛ t ˈ s ɑː l, ˈ k ɛ t s əl /) are strikingly colored birds in the trogon family. They are found in forests, especially in humid highlands, with the five species from the genus Pharomachrus being exclusively Neotropical, while a single species, the eared quetzal, Euptilotis neoxenus, is found in Guatemala, sometimes in Mexico and very locally in the southernmost United ...
The name of the genus, Pharomachrus, refers to the physical characteristics of the bird, with pharos meaning ' mantle ' and makros meaning 'long' in Ancient Greek. [10] The word 'quetzal' came from Nahuatl (Aztec), where quetzalli (from the root quetza , meaning 'stand') means 'tall upstanding plume' and then 'quetzal tail feather'; from that ...
Northeast South America and along the Colombia/Venezuela border west of Lake Maracaibo Scaly-headed parrot: P. maximiliani (Kuhl, 1820) LC: Paraguay, southern Brazil, and east and central Bolivia Blue-headed parrot: P. menstruus (Linnaeus, 1766) LC: Northern and central South America, excluding the Andes White-crowned parrot: P. senilis (von ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] ... Long-tailed woodnymph; Long-toed lapwing;
In addition, the related macaw-like thick-billed parrot is sometimes referred to as a "macaw", although it is not phylogenetically considered to be a macaw species. Macaws are native to Central America and North America (only Mexico), South America, and formerly the Caribbean. Most species are associated with forests, but others prefer woodland ...
The source for birds in the U.S. territories is the Avibase website: Bird checklists of the world (American Samoa), [6] Bird checklists of the world (Guam), [3] Bird checklists of the world (Northern Mariana Islands), [5] Bird checklists of the world (Puerto Rico), [4] Bird checklists of the world (United States Virgin Islands), [9] and Bird ...
The specific name hollandicus refers to New Holland, a historical name for Australia. Its biological relationships were for a long time uncertain; it is now placed in a monotypic subfamily Nymphicinae, but was sometimes in the past classified among the Platycercinae, the broad-tailed parrots. This issue was settled with molecular studies.
Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. Black-necked stilt, Himantopus mexicanus; American avocet, Recurvirostra americana