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Pharomachrus

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Pharomachrus is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae.

Species

Resplendent Quetzal

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderTrogoniformes
  5. FamilyTrogonidae
Observations4,521
Observations recorded137,735

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
26
Family
Trogonidae
Collections
UNICAMP, UCLA, ROM, UMZC, INMA, CM
Recorded in
Brazil, El Salvador, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guatemala, Merida-Venezuela

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Pharomachrus is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae.

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pharomachrus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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