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National Bird Of Costa Rica
The national bird of Costa Rica is the “resplendant quetzal”. The quetzal (pronounced “ket-zal”) gorws to just over 30cm in body length and is an amazing bird to see in the wild. In shade, just a small brown bird, but when the sunlight hits it’s feathers the quetzal becomes the most dazzling green with a bright red belly. The male has a long tail making it easy to tell the two sexes apart.
They also have a very characteristic call so once you have heard it once, you can often hear quetzals from quite some distance away.
They next in holes in trees just like this one:
The best place to spot the national bird of Costa Rica is in the Monte Verde cloud forest reserve. We visited in April, arriving at the park as it opened around 7am and went out with a guide (which must be prebooked). Luckily our guide was both incredibly talented and knowledgeable and we ended up seeing plenty of quetzals - though he assured us it’s not always that way!
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