Challenging Future Te most serious threat quetzals face is loss of habitat. Many of their forests have been chopped down.


Now areas where the birds can live are separated from each other. Tis makes it hard for them to find food or find a mate.


WORDWISE


Aztec: American Indian people living in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century


culture: the customs, beliefs, laws, and ways of living that belong to a people


Mayan: American Indian people whose civilization reached its height around AD 300-900


Male quetzals have long, streaming tail feathers. Females do not.


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