This country’s currency is named after a bird; here’s why this avian is so special

The quetzal isn’t just a bird or a currency name — it is a living emblem of freedom, beauty, and national pride, reminding ...

Meet the Resplendent Quetzal: World’s most beautiful and colorful bird now threatened

The Resplendent Quetzal dazzles with emerald-green feathers and a crimson belly, hiding in misty cloud forests. Its elusive ...
Brattleboro Reformer

'The Resplendent Quetzal' to be featured at Brooks Library

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — "The Resplendent Quetzal — Tourism and Land Use in Costa Rica," is scheduled for Tuesday in the Main Floor of Brooks Memorial Library at ...
AOL

From the Scarlet Macaw to the Resplendent Quetzal: A Guide to Colorful Birds

The Monomet Conservation Sciences has released its 2025 State of the Birds report. The report reveals accelerating declines in bird populations across the continent of North America. These declines ...
Panda

Hope for Guatemala's national bird

Guatemala is home to one of the world's most pristine cloud forests and largest remaining habitat of the highly threatened quetzal bird. But, decades of natural resource exploitation is starting to ...
Time

Science: Rare Bird

What the eagle is to the U. S., the quetzal is to Guatemala. The quetzal (rhymes with pretzel) is a rare, lovely bird with bright green plumage, blood-red breast, fuzzy topknot, yard-long tail ...