Eared quetzal
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The eared quetzal (Euptilotis neoxenus), also known as the eared trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is native to streamside pine-oak forests and canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico south to western Michoacán, and southeasternmost Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. This range includes part of the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora.
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Eared quetzal | |
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A male eared quetzal in the Chiricahua Mountains. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Trogoniformes |
Family: | Trogonidae |
Genus: | Euptilotis Gould, 1858 |
Species: | E. neoxenus |
Binomial name | |
Euptilotis neoxenus (Gould, 1838) | |
Synonyms | |
Trogon neoxenus – protonym |
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