These monkeys use a series of different calls to express themselves. Males use calls to communicate territoriality and fighting, females to display group cohesion, and alertness, and subadults to display submissiveness, and to stimulate mobbing behavior. They also communicate using visual expressions. Diet Golden monkeys eat about 20 to 30 plant species. They mostly rely on leaves, fruits, and invertebrates, but their main preference is bamboo. Caring for the Young Golden Monkeys breed seasonally and have a gestation period of 5 months.
In ancient Mayan culture, the Quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. In modern Guatemala, the Quetzals are also known as the Guatemalan currency. Coins were issued in denominations of 1, 5, and 10 centavos, and Â¼, Â½ and 1 Quetzal.
On the head of the Quetzal is a golden green color. The female Quetzal are usually more brown in coloring. Location. Quetzals are very rare to find but can be found in Mexico, and the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.