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Location

San Gerardo de Dota, San Jose
Costa Rica

Metadata

Make Nikon D2X
Lens Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200 mm f/2.8G   at 210 mm
Exposure 1/400 s, f/2.8, ISO 800 
Image size 443 x 667 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Quetzal Dutch  Quetzal
Italian  Quetzal risplendente Spanish  Quetzal Guatemalteco

Comments

The Quetzal, from southern Mexico to Bolivia, was the sacred bird of the ancient Mayas and Aztecs; today it is the national emblem of Guatemala. The word "quetzal" came from Nahuatl (Aztec).




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    05/01/2006

Resplendent Quetzal male
Pharomachrus mocinno
Quetzal resplendissant
Jean-Michel PAULUS