Anchovy Green Bite Bird Call:
The anchovy green-biting crater (scientific name: pharomachrus mocinno, English name: resplendent quetzal) is a bird of the genus Green-biting Crater in the family Pterophoridae.
It is a very gorgeous bird in the family Crateridae. Other birds of the family Crateridae are found in South America and eastern Panama, and only this bird is found in southern Mexico to western Panama.
This bird occupies an important place in Mesoamerican mythology.
The anchovy green-biting wagtail, also known as the "Aztec bird", is a beautiful bird that lives in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. In the ancient Mayan and Aztec cultures, the anchovy green-biting crane was considered the embodiment of the feathered serpent god (the god Quetzal) and enjoyed a sacred status.
The green-biting crane occupies an important place in the American civilization before the European colonists invaded, and in the eyes of the ancient Maya and Azteqs, they are the embodiment of the feathered serpent god, symbolizing the kingdom of heaven and the soul, it is strictly forbidden to kill the green-biting crane, and the offender is punished with capital punishment, in their society, the green-biting crane's bright green tail feathers are more precious than gold. In the ancient Mayan and Azitec civilizations, only kings and high priests wore this emerald-like tail feather, which was up to one centimeter long. In many Mesoamerican languages, the word "quetzal" also means precious, sacred, and straight.
The green-biting cuckoo has never been fed for long periods of time, always dying some time after being caught, and for this reason it is seen as a symbol of freedom. The Green Bitebird is the national bird of Guatemala, and there is a Green Bitebird on the flag and coat of arms of Guatemala. It is said that before the Spanish colonists invaded, the green biters always sang beautifully, and after the colonists invaded, they began to be silent, and when Guatemala was liberated, they began to sing again.
The anchovy green-tailed flea is generally 36 cm long, and the male can reach 64 cm long with its unique tail feathers during the breeding season. The weight is about 210 grams.
It is also the largest bird in the family Oysteridae.
The thorax is red and the feathers are green (from metallic green to blue-purple when viewed from different angles). In general, the feathers of the first class wing will obscure the tail feathers, and only males during the breeding season will see the long tail feathers. Males also have a helmet-like crown hair. Male adults have yellow beaks and females are black.
Because the skin of the anchovy green-biting cuckoo is thin and easy to tear, they must evolve thicker feathers to protect them. Like other birds in the same family, they have large eyes to cope with the darker environment within the forest. Its whining is unusually high-pitched, and it is often used to describe this sharp call. It is often a common whine of both pairs and twos, and it is repeated without change.
It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.
The anchovy is a specialized frugivore that occasionally eats insects (mainly wasps, ants and larvae) and frogs, but the most important food for them is the extremely nutritious avocado and members of its family. They swallow the whole fruit before spitting it out by rumination, which also helps to spread the seeds.
Inhabiting the deep mountain forests of Central America (from southern Mexico to Panama), the anchovy green-biting crater prefers to be alone during the non-breeding season. After the breeding season, the females chisel small holes in the rotting trees to accommodate them and lay two pale blue eggs. Since the female of the anchovy green-biting crane lays eggs only on these large trees that have been damaged by damage, the lack of sufficient large trees to be damaged by bad weather also indirectly affects the breeding rate of this bird.
Both parents will incubate, with the long coverts on the tail curled up in the hole and a small portion disguised as a bunch of ferns growing from the hole. Incubation takes about 18 days, with the males generally hatching during the day, while the females stay in the cave at night to continue working. After hatching, both parents will go out in search of food, such as species, berries, insects, lizards and tiny frogs. Nevertheless, females are generally less interested in caring for their young, and even in the most vulnerable periods they often disregard their needs and leave all the burden to the males until they are independent.
The breeding season is between February and July, and males, in order to attract females, perform courtship dances, jump in the air, and sing loudly.
Males and females build their nests together, usually in tree holes 20-30 meters above the ground, and occasionally choose the old holes of woodpeckers. After mating, the female lays 1 to 2 eggs in the nest, the eggs are pale blue, and both parents hatch for 17 to 18 days. Once hatched, male and female feed the chicks in turn for 23 to 31 days until their feathers are plump and leave the nest.
Newborn juveniles retain a pair of primitive claws in their wings and disappear in adulthood, which is similar to the musk pheasant, indicating that it is also a primitive bird.
Endangered species.
The anchovy green-biting cuckoo is listed in the IUCN ver 3.1: 2009 Red List of Birds – Near Threatened (NT).
It belongs to the first category of protected animals in the appendix to the Washington Convention.
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