Crested Quetzal
Pharomachrus antisianus(d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1837)
English (US) Crested Quetzal
The Crested Quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trogonidae (Trogons) in the order Trogoniformes.
Range: Andes of western Venezuela to central BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pharomachrus antisianus
- Family
- Trogonidae (Trogons)
- Order
- Trogoniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Crested Quetzal
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trogon Antisianus
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD, 1837)
- Type locality
- Yungas, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 7 cl.2 pl.85,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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