Pharomachrus mocinno, Quetzal mount
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Description:
A mounted male resplendent quetzal that was collected from the Yucatan, displaying the breeding season train of "streamers." They are listed as near threatened by IUCN and in cites appendix i. It was purchased from C. J. Maynard & Co. in 1883.
- Site: Central America
- Site Number: NH7A
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Trogoniformes
- Family: Trogonidae
- Genus: Pharomachrus
- Species: Pharomachrus mocinno
- Collection: Ornithology Collection
- Object Name: Trogons
- Object Id: CBM10
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