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Typical Quetzals
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Typical Quetzals

Pharomachrus

Pharomachrus is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae. Pharomachrus is from Ancient Greek pharos, "mantle", and makros, "long", referring to the wing and tail coverts of the resplendent quetzal (the second h is unexplained).

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Resplendent Quetzal

speciesPharomachrus mocinno

Golden-headed Quetzal

speciesPharomachrus auriceps

Crested Quetzal

speciesPharomachrus antisianus

White-tipped Quetzal

speciesPharomachrus fulgidus

Pavonine Quetzal

speciesPharomachrus pavoninus

Crested × Golden-headed Quetzal

hybridPharomachrus antisianus × auriceps

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 20848.