Who are they? Quetzals are considered one of the world's most beautiful birds. They are also beautiful and exotic birds known for their bright colors and long tails.
Color: The Female has dark green fathers and a red belly. But the male is unmistakable. Its feathers are from a vibrant green with its distinctive long tail feathers. There is also their scarlet belly and the white lower tail surface.
Food: Quetzals are specialized fruit-eaters, but can also be called omnivorous becuase they also like to mix their diet with insects and small frogs.
Growth: Males can be a meter long and can weigh up to half pound because of their tales. The body itself can measure 38 to 40.5 cm and the tail 61 cm.
Age: Quetzal can't live in captivity, that's why no one knows how long they live.
Habits: Quetzals like to spend their days sitting on the forest canopy feeding themselves. Generally they live groups of 4 or 6 individuals or in couples.
Kids: Females can only have two eggs at once, these eggs are blue and measure around 3 centimeters. The male and female quetzals take turns incubating the eggs. The time it takes the young to come out of the shell is 17 to 18 days. Young quetzals can fly at about three weeks of age, but males do not begin to grow their long tail plumes for three years.
Mating: During mating season, male quetzals grow the twin tail feathers that characterize them and can grow up to one meter long. Females do not have long tails, but they do share the brilliant green and red coloring of their mates. The reproductive time is between March and June.
Importance: There are six different kinds of Quetzals in the world and they are all endangered. These beautiful exotic birds because of all the illegal hunting and the destruction of their habitat are in the list of to be extinct animals.
Quick Fact: A Guatemalan legend says that when the Spaniards came there was an epic fight between them and the Quiches (ancient town of Mayan natives), once it was over many quetzals landed on dead Mayan's bodies. By doing so they got stained in their blood and that's where they got their red chests from.
Where can they be found? They need to live in a tropical forest. They can be found in small areas from Chiapas, Mexico to Panama. - 38505
Color: The Female has dark green fathers and a red belly. But the male is unmistakable. Its feathers are from a vibrant green with its distinctive long tail feathers. There is also their scarlet belly and the white lower tail surface.
Food: Quetzals are specialized fruit-eaters, but can also be called omnivorous becuase they also like to mix their diet with insects and small frogs.
Growth: Males can be a meter long and can weigh up to half pound because of their tales. The body itself can measure 38 to 40.5 cm and the tail 61 cm.
Age: Quetzal can't live in captivity, that's why no one knows how long they live.
Habits: Quetzals like to spend their days sitting on the forest canopy feeding themselves. Generally they live groups of 4 or 6 individuals or in couples.
Kids: Females can only have two eggs at once, these eggs are blue and measure around 3 centimeters. The male and female quetzals take turns incubating the eggs. The time it takes the young to come out of the shell is 17 to 18 days. Young quetzals can fly at about three weeks of age, but males do not begin to grow their long tail plumes for three years.
Mating: During mating season, male quetzals grow the twin tail feathers that characterize them and can grow up to one meter long. Females do not have long tails, but they do share the brilliant green and red coloring of their mates. The reproductive time is between March and June.
Importance: There are six different kinds of Quetzals in the world and they are all endangered. These beautiful exotic birds because of all the illegal hunting and the destruction of their habitat are in the list of to be extinct animals.
Quick Fact: A Guatemalan legend says that when the Spaniards came there was an epic fight between them and the Quiches (ancient town of Mayan natives), once it was over many quetzals landed on dead Mayan's bodies. By doing so they got stained in their blood and that's where they got their red chests from.
Where can they be found? They need to live in a tropical forest. They can be found in small areas from Chiapas, Mexico to Panama. - 38505
About the Author:
Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, lives in Central America - Costa Rica and Guatemala for the past decade. She's traveled these parts extensively and now loves to organize vacations to these amazing parts of the world. Having first hand experience of all the places with her family, she can recommend the best options for you. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!
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