Editing Quetzal (section)

==Etymology==
The name ''quetzal'' is from [[Nahuatl]] {{lang|nah|quetzalli}} {{IPA|nah|keˈt͡salːi|}}, "large brilliant tail feather" (''American Audubon Dictionary'') or "tail coverts of the quetzal" (''[[Webster's Dictionary#Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary|Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary]]''), from the Nahuatl [[root (linguistics)|root]] {{lang|nah|quetz}} = "stand up" used to refer to an upstanding plume of feathers. The word entered English through [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. The quetzal plays a central role in Mesoamerican mythology and is associated with the Aztec deity [[Quetzalcoatl]].

The word ''quetzal'' was originally used for just the [[resplendent quetzal]], the long-tailed quetzal of [[Guatemala]], (more specifically the area of Northern Guatemala known as the Petén) which is the [[national bird]] and the name of the [[Guatemalan quetzal|currency]] of Guatemala. It still often refers to that bird specifically but now also names all the species of the genera ''Pharomachrus'' and ''Euptilotis''.

''Pharomachrus'' is from [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|φάρος}} {{lang|grc-Latn|pharos}}, "mantle", and {{lang|grc|μακρός}} {{lang|grc-Latn|makros}}, "long", referring to the wing and tail coverts of the resplendent quetzal (the second ''h'' is unexplained).

The quetzal is also known in Peru as the {{lang|es|pilco}}.<ref name=sclater>{{cite journal |last=Sclater |first=Philip Lutley |title=List of the first Collection of Birds made by Mr. Louis Fraser at Pallatanga, Ecuador, with Notes and Descriptions of New Species |page=144 |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=XXVII  |year=1859 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UfNGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA144 }}</ref><ref name=pilco-es>{{cite web |title=Pilco o Quetzal Cabeza Dorada |year=2006 |language=es |publisher=Parque Nacional de Perú |access-date=2017-09-07 |url=http://www.galeon.com/cutervinos/El_pilco.htm }}</ref>