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The Resplendent Quetzal

The  Resplendent  Quetzal, is  a  "Rare Emerald" of  the  bird  world.   Many  bird  watchers  come  to  Costa  Rica, simply  to  catch  site of  this  rare beauty.
 

The  Resplendent  Quetzal  is  the size of a  pigeon,  and though 
it is  not  a  huge  bird, in  size, it's  delicate, wild  feathers  make
him appear  to  be  much  bigger  than  he  is.  The  vibrant 
feathers  are striking,  shimmering  "Emerald Green", which
ignites  like  golden  fire, in  the  light  of  the  sun,  flashing
emerald to golden and  back to a haunting  iridescent green. 

 

      
 

The  Resplendent  Quetzal's  body...  measures about 14 inches 
in  length,  however, it has  tail  feathers  which  can  extend,  as 
long  as  three  feet!


Male  and  the  female Resplendent Quetzals,  are  an  iridescent  emerald  and  golden  green,  with  tail  feathers  in iridescent 
blues  and  greens, with  white  under  tails.


The  "Emerald Green"   colorcamouflages  them,  in  the  rain 
forest.   The  male  Quetzal, is  imbued  with a  head  crest  and 
a "blood  red"  marking  on  it's chest  feathers, and a  white 
under  tail.   Like  a  magnificent  warrior, with  long  tail  feathers,
that stretch  across  the  sky, as  it  flies.


The  female Quetzals,  are  a  little  less  flamboyant, but  no  less  beautiful, and  have  fewer  red  breast  feathers  and  shorter  tail  feather plumes.

 

 

The Resplendent  Quetzal is truly  a legendary  bird, throughout
South and Central America.  The Feathered Serpent God,
Quetzalcoatl,  was  worshipped  by  the  great Toltec & Maya 
Empires.  He was  always seen  wearing  the  long  tail  feather
plumes  of  the  male  quetzal.

 


The Resplendent Quetzal's  beauty and  mystique,  was  so 
legendary  and  the  bird  so  elusive and  shy,  that  early 
European  Naturalists,  believed  the Resplendent  Quetzal 
bird, was  an imaginary  tale, of  the  unusual  South and
Central  American  Indian  civilizations.
 

The English naturalist, Osbert  Salvin,  wrote in 1861,
that  "he  was  determined,  rain  or  shine,  to  journey  to
the  rainy  cloud  forests,  in  search  of  this  rare bird,  to 
see  and shoot  the  elusive  Resplendent Quetzal,  which 
has  been  a daydream  for  me,  ever  since  I  set  foot,  in
Central  America."


He  wanted  to  prove  that  the  Resplendent  Quetzal, did 
indeed, exist.  He was  the  first  European to  record  finding
and observing  the  legendary  Quetzal,  and  he  made  the 
statement  that, "The  Resplendent  Quetzal  is  unequaled  for  splendor,  among the  birds  of  the  New  World,"  and  then,
without  remorse, he  shot  it.


For  three  decades,  thousands  of  "Emerald Green" Quetzal 
feathers, were brought across  the  Atlantic Sea,  to  fill  the 
Specimen  cabinets,  of  European  Naturalists  and  were sold
to the  fashion  houses  of  Paris,  Amsterdam,  and  London.
 

The  English  naturalist,  Osbert   Salvin, who had shot and
killed the first  Resplendent Quetzal of Europe, wrote down his
Scientific  findings  in a  40  volume book, called  the  "Biologia 
Centrali  Americana",  which  provided  virtually  a  complete 
Research  Essay  of  Neotropical  bird  species.

 

 

 

 
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