Resplendent Queta 世界上最美的鳥：鳳尾綠咬鵑

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中美洲是一片難以言說的神奇之地。雖然只是一道狹窄的地峽，卻擁有著大片蒼翠的熱帶雨林和色彩斑斕的各類生物。這里是世界物種密度最高的區(qū)域之一，并且就在這片山林之間，生活著世界上最美的鳥一鳳尾綠咬鵑。

The resplendent quetzal is considered as one of the world's most beautiful birds.It is well known for its colorful 1）plumage.Those beautiful birds live in the mountainous， tropical forests of Central America.They are considered specialized fruit-eaters， although they mix their diet with insects， frogs， lizards.

The resplendent Quetzals usually lives alone when not breeding.But during mating season， resplendent quetzal pairs use their powerful beaks to hollow hole nests in rotted trees or stumps.Inside， they take turns incubating two or three eggs.The 2）incubation period lasts about 18 days， during which the male generally incubates the eggs during the day while the female incubates them at night.When the eggs hatch， both parents take care of the young， feeding them fruit， berries， insects， lizards， and small frogs.However， the female often neglects and even 3）abandons the young near the end of the rearing period， leaving it up to the male to continue caring for the offspring until they are ready to survive on their own.

Young quetzals can fly at about three weeks of age， but males do not begin to grow their long tail plumes for three years.

The resplendent quetzal is also known as guatemalan quetzals， and the birds are the symbol of that nation.Guatemala also trades in currency known as the “quetzal”.

The Resplendent Quetzal is classed as near threatened on theIUCN Red List.They are sometimes 4）trapped for captivity or killed， but their primary threat is the disappearance of their tropical forest homes.

詞組加油站

take turns輪換;替換，輪流;更替;倒換

is classed as被列為

1）plumage['plu：mid3]n.鳥類羽毛

2）incubation[Inkja'be[n]n.孵卵;潛伏期;熟慮，籌劃

3）abandon[e'baendan]vt.放棄，拋棄

4）trap[traep]vi.設(shè)圈套，設(shè)陷阱vt.誘捕，誘騙，抓住

鳳尾綠咬鵑是世界上最美麗的鳥之一。它因華美的羽毛而聞名。這種美麗的鳥生活在中美洲多山的熱帶森林里，它們通常被認(rèn)為只吃水果，但其實(shí)它們也會(huì)吃昆蟲、青蛙和蜥蜴。

鳳尾綠咬鵑通常在沒有繁殖的時(shí)候獨(dú)自生活。但在交配季節(jié)，它們會(huì)用其強(qiáng)有力的喙在腐爛的樹或樹樁上挖洞筑巢。在里面，它們輪流孵化兩三個(gè)卵。孵化期約為18天，在這期間，雄性一.般在白天孵化卵，而雌性則在晚上孵化卵。當(dāng)卵孵化時(shí)，父母都照顧幼崽，給它們吃水果、漿果、昆蟲、蜥蜴和小青蛙。然而，雌性往往忽略甚至在育齡期結(jié)束時(shí)拋棄幼崽，讓雄性繼續(xù)照顧幼崽，直到它們準(zhǔn)備好自己生存為止。

幼小的鳳尾綠咬鵑可以在大約三周大的時(shí)候飛行，但是雄鳥在三年內(nèi)不會(huì)長出長長的尾巴。

鳳尾綠咬鵑也被稱為危地馬拉綠咬鵑，是危地馬拉的國鳥。危地馬拉的通用貨幣也被稱為“奎扎爾”。

鳳尾綠咬鵑被列為世界自然保護(hù)聯(lián)盟（IUCN）紅色名錄上的瀕危物種。他們有時(shí)被抓捕或殺害，但他們的主要威脅是熱帶森林家園的消失。

世界自然保護(hù)聯(lián)盟紅色名錄：于1963年開始編制，根據(jù)嚴(yán)格準(zhǔn)則去評(píng)估數(shù)以千計(jì)物種及亞種的絕種風(fēng)險(xiǎn)所編制而成，是全球動(dòng)植物物種保護(hù)現(xiàn)狀最全面的名錄，也被認(rèn)為是生物多樣性狀況最具權(quán)威的指標(biāo)。