White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus

Colombian name: Quetzal Dorado

Male White-tipped Quetzal, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, April 2012 - click for larger image Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
April 2012

The White-tipped Quetzal is distributed in northern Venezuela and in northern Colombia around the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. See the distribution map at NatureServe. They are found in humid forest and secondary woodland at between 1,500 and 2,500 in Colombia.

Male White-tipped Quetzal, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, April 2012 - click for larger image The male, seen here in photos 1 to 3, has a green head, throat and breast with a red belly and white on the undertail. The female, seen in photos 4 and 5, has a browner head and breast band with a pinkish vent.
Male White-tipped Quetzal, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, April 2012 - click for larger image
Female White-tipped Quetzal, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, April 2012 - click for larger image
Female White-tipped Quetzal, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, April 2012 - click for larger image
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