Another challenge to the quetzals ’ survival involves the location of their nests, which are woodpeckerlike holes that quetzals make between 10 and 60 feet [3 - 20 m] above the ground in old decaying tree trunks.
Teiseks ohustab linnupoegi elupaik, mille vanalinnud rajavad vanadesse pehkinud tüvedesse 3 – 20 meetri kõrgusele.