Pavonine Quetzal

Birds > Trogons

The Pavonine Quetzal (Pharomachrus pavoninus) is a breathtakingly plumaged member of the trogon family inhabiting the primary evergreen rainforests of the western and central Amazon Basin. Renowned for its radiant metallic green and deep crimson feathers, this...

Elegant Trogon

Birds > Trogoniformes

The Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans) is one of North America’s most dazzling avian treasures. Renowned for its resplendent iridescent metallic-green back, ruby-red breast, and distinctive cooing territorial call, this solitary canopy bird draws avid birdwatchers...

Green Wood Hoopoe

Birds > Bucerotiformes

The Green Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) is a charismatic, highly vocal arboreal bird renowned for its brilliant dark plumage shimmering with bottle-green and purple structural iridescence. Ranging throughout the wooded savannas of Sub-Saharan Africa, this...

Metallic-winged Sunbird

Birds > Sunbirds & Nectariniidae

The Metallic-winged Sunbird (Aethopyga pulcherrima) is a dazzling, hyperactive nectar-feeding passerine endemic strictly to the lush evergreen rainforests of the Philippine archipelago. With radiant structural plumage shimmering in brilliant emerald, cobalt, and...

Sclater’s Monal

Birds > Phasianidae & Pheasants

Sclater’s Monal (Lophophorus sclateri), named in honor of British zoologist Philip Sclater, is one of the most spectacularly plumaged, secretive, and elusive high-altitude pheasants in the world. Native to the rugged, mist-veiled peaks of the Eastern Himalayas...