Pharomachrus
Pharomachrus | |
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Resplendent quetzal | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Trogoniformes |
Family: | Trogonidae |
Genus: | Pharomachrus La Llave, 1832 |
Species | |
P. antisianus |
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).
The five species of this genus and the eared quetzal, the only living member of the genus Euptilotis, together make up a group of colourful birds called quetzals.
Species
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Pharomachrus antisianus. | Crested quetzal | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela | |
Pharomachrus auriceps | Golden-headed quetzal | eastern Panama to northern Bolivia. | |
Pharomachrus fulgidus | White-tipped quetzal | Venezuela, Colombia, and Guyana | |
Pharomachrus mocinno | Resplendent quetzal | Chiapas, Mexico to western Panama | |
Pharomachrus pavoninus | Pavonine quetzal | Brazil and Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and Peru, and northern Bolivia |
Pharomachrus | |
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Resplendent quetzal | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Trogoniformes |
Family: | Trogonidae |
Genus: | Pharomachrus La Llave, 1832 |
Species | |
P. antisianus |
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).
The five species of this genus and the eared quetzal, the only living member of the genus Euptilotis, together make up a group of colourful birds called quetzals.
Species
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution | ||||
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Pharomachrus antisianus. | Crested quetzal | Guatemala | |||||
Pharomachrus auriceps | Golden-headed quetzal | guatemala | Pharomachrus fulgidus | White-tipped quetzal | Venezuela, Colombia, and Guyana | ||
Pharomachrus mocinno | Resplendent quetzal | guatemala | ||||||
Pharomachrus pavoninus | Pavonine quetzal | Brazil and Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and Peru, and northern Bolivia |
Pharomachrus | |
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Resplendent quetzal | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Trogoniformes |
Family: | Trogonidae |
Genus: | Pharomachrus La Llave, 1832 |
Species | |
P. antisianus |
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).
The five species of this genus and the eared quetzal, the only living member of the genus Euptilotis, together make up a group of colourful birds called quetzals.
Species
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Pharomachrus antisianus. | Crested quetzal | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela | |
Pharomachrus auriceps | Golden-headed quetzal | eastern Panama to northern Bolivia. | |
Pharomachrus fulgidus | White-tipped quetzal | Venezuela, Colombia, and Guyana | |
Pharomachrus mocinno | Resplendent quetzal | Chiapas, Mexico to western Panama | |
Pharomachrus pavoninus | Pavonine quetzal | Brazil and Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and Peru, and northern Bolivia |
Pharomachrus | |
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Resplendent quetzal | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Trogoniformes |
Family: | Trogonidae |
Genus: | Pharomachrus La Llave, 1832 |
Species | |
P. antisianus |
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).
The five species of this genus and the eared quetzal, the only living member of the genus Euptilotis, together make up a group of colourful birds called quetzals.
Species
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|
Pharomachrus antisianus. | Crested quetzal | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela | |
Pharomachrus auriceps | Golden-headed quetzal | eastern Panama to northern Bolivia. | |
Pharomachrus fulgidus | White-tipped quetzal | Venezuela, Colombia, and Guyana | |
Pharomachrus mocinno | Resplendent quetzal | Chiapas, Mexico to western Panama | |
Pharomachrus pavoninus | Pavonine quetzal | Brazil and Venezuela, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and Peru, and northern Bolivia |