Quetzal

Match the following vocabulary word with its definition.

• area an animal lives and protects

• vibrant

• bright

• predators

• animals that hunt other animals

• territory

The quetzal can fly when it is only _ weeks old.

Quetzals are birds that ​ (a)   , but mostly they ​ (b)   from tree to tree! The ​ (c)   of their feet makes it easy for them to ​ (d)   tree branches.

• fly
• hop
• shape
• grip

Quetzals live in the ​ (a)   of ​ (b)   America. They live high in the mountains, even as high up as ​ (c)   feet. They live in small ​ (d)   in the trees.

• rainforests
• Central
• 10,000
• holes

The female quetzal has two long feathers that grow down its back, they can grow to be 3 feet long!

• True

• False