Crested Quetzal
Pharomachrus antisianus
Medium152 gForest
Adult birds are 33–34 cm (13–13+1⁄2 in) long. The head and upperparts of the adult male are metallic green, while its breast and belly are red. Alone among the quetzals, the male has a short crest above its short bill, which is orange. The vent is white. Females have brown heads and upper breast and no crest.
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Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song · Zamora-Chinchipe: above 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Eric Gropp · CC BY 2.0
White-tipped Quetzal
Pharomachrus fulgidus
Medium160 gForest
Voice: Hilty and colleagues (1986) describe the voice as a loud kirra, or kirra, kip, and when excited kier, kip-kip-kip-a.
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Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Call · San Antonio De Los Altos (near Parroquia Macarao), Municipio Los Salias, Miranda, Venezuela · CC0
Photo: johnyochum · CC BY 4.0
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