Quetzals are five species of Central and South American birds in the genus Pharomachrus of the trogon family: The word "quetzal" comes from the Nahuatle "quetzalli," which refers to the ...

Driving on Vermont’s interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular ...

It is much smaller than the bird called the 'robin ... and belongs to a different genus. The grouping of families was added to allow the large number of new species to be included in this system.