Eared quetzal

Eared quetzal
A male eared quetzal in the Chiricahua Mountains.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Trogoniformes
Family:	Trogonidae
Genus:	Euptilotis Gould, 1858
Species:	E. neoxenus
Binomial name
Euptilotis neoxenus (Gould, 1838)
Synonyms
Trogon neoxenus – protonym Leptuas neoxenus

The eared quetzal (Euptilotis neoxenus), also known as the eared trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is native to streamside pine-oak forests and canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico south to western Michoacán, and southeasternmost Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. This range includes part of the Madrean Sky Islands region of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora.