How To Use Quetzal In A Sentence
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Loss of habitat, along with hunting for food and trade, has led to the steep declines in the number of quetzals in the Central American country.
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Peak breeding of quetzals corresponded to the period of highest availability and species richness of fruiting Lauraceae, and breeding was delayed in years when the availability of fruit was relatively low.
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This cloud forest is home to the elusive tapir and jaguar, as well as one of nature's most beautiful birds, the resplendent quetzal.
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Scientists are especially concerned over the fate of many cloud-forest birds, such as the resplendent quetzal, with its streaming tail feather, and the three-wattled bellbird, so named for its patented clanging call.
The Forest In The Clouds
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Mexico is home to toucans, vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, parrots, macaws, and quetzals.
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My favorites were the toco toucan, motmot, currasows, Yucatan jay, cinnamon-colored cuckoo, and pileated woodpecker and violaceous trogon (a relative of the resplendent quetzal).
Studying Nature in Mexico is an Unforgettable Adventure
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At Volcan Baru, the country's most visited national park and its highest elevation, catch a glimpse of the quetzal or toucan.
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She will understand that you are talking about her ferns, which are called colas de quetzal, and not her tail.
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4
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He offered the teachers a 100 quetzal monthly bonus - a fraction of the teachers' demand for a doubling of their current wages.
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This cloud forest is home to the elusive tapir and jaguar, as well as one of nature's most beautiful birds, the resplendent quetzal.
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Experienced guides can help you spot resplendent quetzal, emerald toucan, green sea turtle, and howler monkey.
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In the case of _Quetzalcoatl_ or CUKULCAN, the rebus was the means of getting the name; and if the names of this divinity had not been equivalent in the two tongues, our results would have led us to the
Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245
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We take photos and wander around while Quetzal gabs on his cell phone endlessly and with absolute seriousness.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
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Experienced guides can help you spot the resplendent quetzal, emerald toucan, green sea turtle, and howler monkey.
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Finally, Bennett (2001) noted that the femora and metatarsal V of Quetzalcoatlus were robust relative to those of other pterodactyloids, and that its feet were larger and more robust than those of ornithocheiroids.
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The even-spreading noon sun was accompanied by mocking cries of the fringed quetzal from the forests around the plantation.
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My favorites were the toco toucan, motmot, currasows, Yucatan jay, cinnamon-colored cuckoo, and pileated woodpecker and violaceous trogon (a relative of the resplendent quetzal).
Studying Nature in Mexico is an Unforgettable Adventure
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Mexico is home to toucans, vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, parrots, macaws, and quetzals.
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Crossing that bridge to Mercado Sonora, Quetzal walks gamely forward, a pixieish figure, with his womanly legs, bushy black locks, his delicate air.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
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In my photos, Quetzal wears a gold headband over a shaggy pageboy haircut and an outfit consisting of lots of white and ruffly fabric, accentuated by trim white leggings and white platform shoes.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
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Mexico is home to toucans, vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, parrots, macaws, and quetzals.
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The Guatemalan unit of currency, the quetzal, is named for the Guatemalan national bird.
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Together with biologist Robin Bjork, Powell pioneered the use of radiotelemetry to discover the seasonal movement patterns of the resplendent quetzal, and he was able to adapt the device to the macaws.
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The Maya used these pathways to transport precious goods - such as jade, obsidian, pyrite, and quetzal feathers - from highland to lowland city-states.
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Guatemala's national symbol of independence and pride is the quetzal, a brilliantly colored tropical bird native to Central America.
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On the center band is a coat of arms with a green-and-red quetzal, the national bird.
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Photo booths are open from 6am in the morning onwards, and Experts on ‘how to fill out your visa form’ hover, ready to offer invaluable advice in exchange for a quetzal, a cigarette, a smile.
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The museum pipes in the sound of howler monkeys, quetzals, and parrots.
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A quetzal sits upon a branch, yet this species of trogon is not found outside the Mexican and Central American cloud forests.
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Rational Review
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Mexico is home to toucans, vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, parrots, macaws, and quetzals.
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The deal will also fund programs in the zone containing the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, home to quetzal birds, manatees, and hundreds of other animal species.
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The elaborate overall ornament is in the Moorish tradition, while the details of the decoration - chrysanthemums and long-tailed birds, possibly quetzals - are derived from Chinese porcelain examples and local fauna respectively.
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References to the bird are peppered throughout Guatemala's national anthem, in which the quetzal is compared with the condor and the royal eagle and is described as a palladium or protector of the soil.
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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.
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Overall, the book does a fine job of summarizing the available information on trogons and quetzals but the work is somewhat uneven.
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Some of the most charismatic cloud forest species such as the resplendent quetzal (Pharomacrus mocinno) and three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata) are equally dependent on the seasonal moist forests as they migrate annually to these moist forests at the completion of their breeding season.
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
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In 2010, 12 international cruise ships called at Quetzal. This year, around 100 are expected.
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Or I can try something cooler by immersing myself in the cloud-enshrouded virgin forest of Braulio Carillo National Park - a great place to observe bird-watchers delighting in the trogons and quetzals.
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The even-spreading noon sun was accompanied by mocking cries of the fringed quetzal from the forests around the plantation.
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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.
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I am standing in line to exchange my dollars for quetzals; so is Angela.
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Also, despite the lack of standardized color illustrations, collectors of the books on families of birds will enjoy this book as well, because the trogons and quetzals are an inherently interesting group.
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Quetzal has never been to the States, but he spent time in Montreal studying fashion design and living as a “hippie” in what he describes as an ambisexual, drug-addled three-way relationship “No es el sexo, es la persona”.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
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A quetzal sits upon a branch, yet this species of trogon is not found outside the Mexican and Central American cloud forests.
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The 82 air traffic controllers are demanding raises of 5,000 quetzal monthly, or about US $630.
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You can take flight to Central Park in New York City and watch the hawks migrate south from Belvedere Castle, or you can take flight to Latin America and the Caribbean to find a colorful quetzal in Costa Rica.
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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.