| Experienced guides can help you spot the resplendent quetzal, emerald toucan, green sea turtle, and howler monkey. |
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| Guatemala's national symbol of independence and pride is the quetzal, a brilliantly colored tropical bird native to Central America. |
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| At Volcan Baru, the country's most visited national park and its highest elevation, catch a glimpse of the quetzal or toucan. |
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| A quetzal sits upon a branch, yet this species of trogon is not found outside the Mexican and Central American cloud forests. |
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| This cloud forest is home to the elusive tapir and jaguar, as well as one of nature's most beautiful birds, the resplendent quetzal. |
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| Experienced guides can help you spot resplendent quetzal, emerald toucan, green sea turtle, and howler monkey. |
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| The Guatemalan unit of currency, the quetzal, is named for the Guatemalan national bird. |
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| The even-spreading noon sun was accompanied by mocking cries of the fringed quetzal from the forests around the plantation. |
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| On the center band is a coat of arms with a green-and-red quetzal, the national bird. |
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| The quetzals have nowhere to go, so they nest in tree cavities within easy reach of the toucans who feast on quetzal eggs and chicks. |
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| The deal will also fund programs in the zone containing the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, home to quetzal birds, manatees, and hundreds of other animal species. |
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| He had even seen keel-billed toucans, also from lower elevations, breeding side-by-side with the symbol of the cloud forest, the resplendent quetzal. |
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| Next may be Guatemala: on December 19th, its Congress approved a measure that allows dollars to be used freely alongside the quetzal. |
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| The long, iridescent tail feathers of the quetzal, a member of the trogon family of birds, were especially prized, as they were in Aztec dress. |
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| Their cargo is destined for Tecún Umán's bustling market, which overflows with crackers and bread made affordable by the recent depreciation of Mexico's peso against the Guatemalan quetzal. |
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| The Guatemalan currency is the quetzal which can be used for all transactions contracted in that currency within the national territory, in tourist installations and other commercial and public service establishments. |
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| Churches in antigua are also where begging takes place, and they are quite a lot to do so, sitted on the ground in a filthy and poor estate, expecting a quetzal or two to change their day into a better day. |
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| Tlapaltecatl Opochtzin was chosen to be outfitted to wear the quetzal owl costume. |
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| The capital letter Q is used as the currency sign for the Guatemalan quetzal. |
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| It's easy to disparage our native birds when compared with the gorgeous strutting colour bombs that adorn other nations: the Guatemalan quetzal or Papua New Guinea's bird of paradise, for example. |
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| The birds are laid out in alphabetical order, from albatrosses to zosteropidae, with some familiar owls and robins in between, and also many exotic examples, such as the ibis, jacana and quetzal. |
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| Thus it was renamed sol in Peru, bolivar in Venezuela, sucre in Ecuador, colón in El Salvador and Costa Rica, balboa in Panama, lempira in Honduras, quetzal in Guatemala, córdoba in Nicaragua, and boliviano in Bolivia. |
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| The best hope, archaeopteryx, was just a bird with teeth, like today's quetzal or hoatzin in South America. |
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| The same can be said of birds with teeth, such as the quetzal and hoatzin of South America and their cousin, the archeopteryx. |
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| The resplendent quetzal the national bird of Guatemala, which shares its name with the currency and is a popular motif in art, fabric, and jewelry was worshipped and deified by the ancient Mayans and Aztecs. |
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| Thanks to our experienced local guide and his vast knowledge of animal calls, we spotted a resplendent quetzal and an orange-bellied trogon in our first hour in the forest. |
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| A strikingly beautiful bird, the quetzal is the national emblem of Guatemala, appearing on its currency and postage. The quetzal ranges from southern Mexico to Costa Rica. |
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| Which Central American country has the quetzal as its currency unit? |
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| As a composite of a rattlesnake and the quetzal bird, this Aztec creation god's imagery is as varied as the many legends that exist about him in the Mesoamerican pantheon. |
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| The chairs are available in a range of colour schemes, each inspired by tropical birds of Latin America including Flamingo, Colibri and Quetzal. |
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| Norwegian Jewel will also call at Cartagena, Puntarenas, Corinto, Puerto Quetzal, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas and finally Los Angeles. |
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| Particularly important is how the group Quetzal discusses its political influences and decision-making process to making music, which is influenced by Chicana feminists. |
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