Species profile
Resplendent Quetzal
Pharomachrus mocinno
Quick answer
Breeding regions are MA. Breeding subregions are s Mexico to w Panama.
- Scientific name
- Pharomachrus mocinno
- Family
- Trogonidae
- Order
- Trogoniformes
- Genus
- Pharomachrus
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Resplendent Quetzal in your journal
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Related species in Trogonidae
- Amazonian Trogon (Trogon ramonianus)
- Baird's Trogon (Trogon bairdii)
- Bar-tailed Trogon (Apaloderma vittatum)
- Bare-cheeked Trogon (Apaloderma aequatoriale)
- Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
- Black-Tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus)
- Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus)
- Blue-crowned Trogon (Trogon curucui)