- Season: Season 2024
- Category: Nature & Landscape
- Description: Near Threatened Sacred Bird: Resplendent Quetzal. The Resplendent Quetzal inspired Quetzalcoatl, the ‘plumed serpent’ god of Mesoamerica. Legend has it that Quetzalcoatl helped create Earth. Rulers and nobility wore headdresses made from this trogon's shining green feathers, which symbolically connected them to the god.
- Location: Cerro De La Muerte, Costa Rica
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