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 Respelndent Quetzals ! | |
Male quetzals have iridescent green or golden-green wing coverts, back, chest and head, with a red belly. Their wings are suited to camouflage under rainy conditions, because their feathers blend well with wet and shiny green area. They are strongly sexually dimorphic, and parts of the females' plumage are brown or grey. These largely solitary birds feed on fruits, berries, insects and small vertebrates (such as frogs). Even with their famous bright plumage, they can be hard to see in their natural wooded habitats.
I photographed these magnificent birds about 10,000 ft altitude in the Highlands of Costa Rica on a tour with Juan Carlos. Cold and rainy and quite breezy......but what a thrill to see and photograph these beautiful birds!
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