Editing Quetzal (section)

==Conservation status==
None of the many quetzal species are under immediate threat in the wild, although the eared and resplendent quetzal are at the [[Near Threatened]] status.<ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Pharomachrus mocinno'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22682727A92958465 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682727A92958465.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> ''Pharomachrus mocinno'' is dependent on standing dead and mature trees for breeding holes, which are only formed in primary cloud forest; the species' breeding behavior is linked to the long term existence of these forests such as the few remaining in highland Guatemala.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Renner|first=Swen C. |date=2005-01-01 |title=The Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) in the Sierra Yalijux, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala|journal=Journal of Ornithology |language=en|volume=146|issue=1|pages=79–84 |doi=10.1007/s10336-004-0060-7 |bibcode=2005JOrni.146...79R |s2cid=2329738|issn=1439-0361}}</ref> The remaining are not considered threatened by the [[IUCN]] and all are locally common.<ref name=Restall/><ref name=Ridgely/> Among the most concentrated populations are the Baja Verapaz part of the [[Sierra de las Minas]] and the [[Chicabnab|Chicabnab Reserve]] of Alta Verapaz.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rutas de observación |url=https://birdwatching.com.gt/observacion%20del%20quetzal/ruta-verapaces.html |website=Observación del Quetzal en Guatemala |publisher=INGUAT |access-date=28 December 2022 |language=es |date=2009}}</ref> However, it should be kept in mind while despite the fact that quetzals typically inhabit cloud forests, the fact that they are being divided into much smaller patches is what is known as a principal threat to their survival.<ref>{{Cite journal |author-last1=Bolanos-Sittler |author-first1=Pablo |author-last2=Sueur |author-first2=Jerome |author-last3=Fuchs |author-first3=Jerome |author-last4=Aubin |author-first4=Thierry |date=2020-11-01 |title=Vocalisation of the rare and flagship species Pharomachrus mocinno (Aves: Trogonidae): implications for its taxonomy, evolution and conservation |journal=Bioacoustics |language=en |volume=29 |issue=6 |pages=654–69 |doi=10.1080/09524622.2019.1647877 |bibcode=2020Bioac..29..654B |s2cid=202847057 |issn=0952-4622 |url=https://hal-mnhn.archives-ouvertes.fr/mnhn-02279143/file/Bolanos_etal_Quetzal_2019.pdf}}</ref> Another major threat to these animals is [[poaching]]. Since their feathers are still seen as an artifact poachers use their feather as trade to foreign tourists and museum collectors, but also are used for medicines and rituals. Deforestation is eliminating their natural habitat causing them to relocate to other areas.<ref name=Tremain/> Resplendent Quetzals are known to relocate in lower elevated areas during the summertime when precipitation is known to increase, their patterns in movement are most likely correlated to a surplus of ripe Lauraceae fruits.<ref>{{Cite journal |author-last1=Solorzano |author-first1=Sofia |author-last2=Castillo |author-first2=Stephanie |author-last3=Valverde |author-first3=Teresa |author-last4=Avila |author-first4=Leo Fernandes |date=2000-09-01 |title=Quetzal abundance in relation to fruit availability in a cloud forest in southeastern Mexico |journal= Biotropica |language=en |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=523–32 |doi=10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00498.x |s2cid=86242565 |issn=0006-3606}}</ref>