#trogonidae

Graceful Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus), male, family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes, Costa Rica

A Resplendent Feathursday

The Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno), identified here as the Resplendent Trogon, is a Central American bird in the family Trogonidae and is the largest of the trogons. It is also the national animal of Guatemala, and is pictured on the flag and coat of arms; it also gives its name to the country's currency, the Guatemalan quetzal.

The image shown here is a chromolithograph printed by the noted Boston lithographing firm L. Prang & Company for Animate Creation by the English natural history popularizer J. G Wood, published in New York in three volumes by Selmar Hess in 1885. The publication is a revised edition, adapted to American zoology by the American physician and zoologist Joseph B. Holder, of an earlier British publication by Wood first published in London by George Routledge as The Illustrated Natural History in 1853.

Oh, oh! Looks like there's a nasty bit of business about to go down beneath the unsuspecting quetzals.

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[2956/11080] Diard's trogon - Harpactes diardii

Order: Trogoniformes (trogons and quetzals) Family: Trogonidae

Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans

It ranges from Arizona, USA to Guatemala. Their diet consists of grapes, cherries, figs, chokecherry, and buckthorn as well as grasshoppers, mantids, caterpillars, moths and beetles. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. They typically perch upright and motionless.