The Pavonine Quetzal lives in the upper canopy of Amazonian forest. Adult males have a bill with an orange-red base and yellow tip, while much of the species' ecology remains poorly known.
The adult male's bill is orange-red at the base and yellow at the tip.
It is mainly found in the canopy of non-flooded Amazonian forest. It eats fruit, and tree frogs have appeared in some observations, but its ecology is not well known.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.