Pavonine Quetzal
Pharomachrus pavoninus(Spix, JB, 1824)
English (US) Pavonine Quetzal
The Pavonine Quetzal (Pharomachrus pavoninus) 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: Amazonia, from southeastern Colombia southward to northern Bolivia, eastward to southern Venezuela and central Brazil (east to the east banks of the Rio Negro and Rio Tapajós)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pharomachrus pavoninus
- Family
- Trogonidae (Trogons)
- Order
- Trogoniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pavonine Quetzal
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trogon pavoninus
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1824)
- Type locality
- 'In sylvis Tabatingae et Marabitannas,' i.e. Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil.
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 1 p.47 pl.35
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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