Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) feeding chick in nest
The Resplendent Quetzal and the forest. Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) parents take turns at incubating, with their long tail-covert feathers folded forwards over the back and out of the hole, where they tend to look like a bunch of fern growing out of the hole. The incubation period lasts about 18 days, during which the male generally incubates the eggs during the day while the female incubates them at night. When the eggs hatch, both parents take care of the young, and the male will visit the nest many times during the day, feeding the young(that you can see in this image, in the hole, behing the male). berries, insects, lizards, and small frogs.
