White-tipped Quetzal - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies festatus
Photo by AdamRiley
Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia, February, 2011

Pharomachrus fulgidus

Identification

Female – Subspecies P. f. festatus
Photo © by C B Allen
San Lorenzo ridge/Santa Marta (Magdalena/Colombia), 21 November 2023

33 cm (13 in)
Male Nominate

• Yellow bill
• Bronzed golden-green head
• Small frontal crest
• Glossy emerald-green upperparts and breast
• Red lower breast

Distribution

Northern South America: found in Colombia and Venezuela

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

Subspecies fulgidus
Photo by Luis R
El Avila National Park, Caracas, Venezuela, September 2014

• P. f. festatus:

• Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)

• P. f. fulgidus:

• Mountains of northern Venezuela

Habitat

Canopy and mid levels of humid forests, cloudforest, borders, clearings and second growth woods.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of fruit and berries. They have been noted to pick fruit from trees whilst in flight.

Breeding

They make use of cavities in old tree stumps, trunks and limbs of trees.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-tipped Quetzal. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-tipped_Quetzal

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