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Which is main diet of the Quetzal?

The main food of the Quetzals is the fruit called "aguacatillo", this one is compared to the common avocado, but significantly smaller.The Quetzal also feeds of nine types of fruits, the blackberry among them.

The Quetzal feeds very similar to the Hummingbird; In flight he takes the fruit. They are able to maintain between 2 and 4 fruits in the crop where they regurgitate them by space of one hour, and reject the seeds that are ready to germinate.



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