Contributed by gary on May 6, 2007.

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Description: The Resplendent Quetzal, the brilliant bird found in the cloud forests of Central America, was sacred to the Mayans and figures prominently in their artwork and legends. Today the Quetzal is the national bird of Guatemala, and name to the Guatemalan currency. Despite its legendary history, the Quetzal (also spelled Quetzel and Quesal) is in danger of extinction, partly due to hunting of the bird for food and trade, but mainly due to destruction of its elevated habitat to clear land for subsistence agriculture. Some countries, such as Costa Rica, have managed to preserve the Quetzal's (as well as other species') habitat by setting aside land for national parks to promote eco-tourism. War-torn Guatemala, however, has not been so fortunate, nor as conservation-minded. The result is that the Quetzal, the national symbol of freedom in Guatemala, is predicted to go extinct in Guatemala by the year 2000, or shortly thereafter.

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