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Pharmaceutics Mendocino is the scientific name of the Quetzalcoatl, which means “large throat” is a spectacular feathered bird of the tron family.

Bird native to cloud forests of Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama, undoubtedly has a profound symbolic way, the Mayans considered a sacred bird, the kings wore headdresses with feathers removed of its tail, like the famous Aztec emperor Moctezuma plume.

The song of the quetzal Central is a whistle or shriek, often sung in pairs and sometimes repeating in a monotone.

Central is the Quetzalcoatl striking appearance, with the green body (with iridescence from green to blue purple gold) and red breast. Feathers upper tail coverts are green and very long, hiding the tail and in males at the nesting season are longer than the rest of the body. The upper wing coverts are also long and seem fringes.

They have a varied diet, including many fruits, insects and frogs. Their habitat. Usually lay two eggs (pale blue) per nest in a hole in a tree.

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