It is strikingly beautiful, with a crested head, bronze-green back, and crimson and white underparts.
Quetzals nest in holes, and lay from two to four eggs per clutch.
The male shares incubation duties with the female. The nesting hole has a single entrance, not two as was once believed. The quetzal, Pharomachrus mocino, is the national bird of Guatemala, and a monetary unit of the country is also called a quetzal. Quetzals are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Trogoniformes, family Trogonidae.