Place to see: Quetzal Education Research Center (QERC), Cartago, Costa Rica

Male Resplendent Quetzal

Male Resplendent Quetzal

This male just molted his long primary feathers which are so characteristic of the beautiful bird during breeding season.

About this place:

The Quetzal Education Research Center, QERC, is in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica. It is at 2000 meteres in the Talamanca cloud forest along the Rio Savegre. It is also in the nesting area for the resplendent quetzal.

Cartago, Provincia de Cartago, CR

Discovered by Wes Hanson
on 15 November 2007.
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