Definition of "quetzal bird" []

• Large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "But leading up to it was a line of white-robed women, with sloping foreheads and tied-back red hair, adorned with mountainous headdresses and green feathers from the sacred quetzal bird springing in hoops from their backs."