Experienced guides can help you spot the resplendent quetzal, emerald toucan, green sea turtle, and howler monkey. |
Guatemala's national symbol of independence and pride is the quetzal, a brilliantly colored tropical bird native to Central America. |
On the center band is a coat of arms with a green-and-red quetzal, the national bird. |
He had even seen keel-billed toucans, also from lower elevations, breeding side-by-side with the symbol of the cloud forest, the resplendent quetzal. |
A quetzal sits upon a branch, yet this species of trogon is not found outside the Mexican and Central American cloud forests. |
The quetzals have nowhere to go, so they nest in tree cavities within easy reach of the toucans who feast on quetzal eggs and chicks. |