Q'ukumatz
According to Mayanist scholar Allen J. Christenson (2007: 52-3n20), the name of the creator deity Q'ukumatz, part of a broadly Mesoamerican spirtual landscape, "may be translated as 'Quetzal Serpent' or, less accurately, as 'Feathered Serpent.' Q'uq' refers to the quetzal bird, Pharomacrus mocinno, one of the most beautiful birds in the world. It inhabits the cloud forests of southern Mesoamerica between 3,000 and 4,000 feet in elevation.