The Eared Quetzal lives in mountain forests of northwestern Mexico. Males have black ear tufts and a red belly, while females have grey-brown heads and breasts and a paler pink belly.
The male has black ear tufts, throat, and forehead, a bronze-green and grey back, and a bright red belly. The female has a grey-brown head and breast, grey ear tufts, and a paler pink belly.
It mainly eats insects such as grasshoppers and caterpillars; berries have also been recorded in Arizona.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.