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MOTMOTS - MOMOTIDAE
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Tody Motmot
Hylomanes momotula obscurus
Celeste Mountain Lodge, Alajuela province, Costa Rica.
The
smallest and strangest member of the family, and also probably the
rarest. It is mainly found in Central America, but reaches southern
Mexico and northwestern Colombia. (D3) |
 | |  | Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis Volcán Tacaná, Chiapas state, Mexico. A unique motmot of highland forests from southeastern Mexico to Honduras. (S5) | | Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum Celeste Mountain Lodge, Alajuela prov., Costa Rica. Like
the previous species, this motmot is quite localized in Middle America.
It is found from southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica. (D3) |
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Broad-billed Motmot
Electron platyrhynchum minor
Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Cocle province, Panama.
An example of a typical subspecies from west of the Andes, showing full tail rackets. (S2f) |
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Broad-billed Motmot
Electron platyrhynchum pyrrholaemum
Shiripuno Lodge, Orellana province, Ecuador.
Subspecies east of the Andes, such as this one, don't have the tail rackets. (D3) |
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Broad-billed Motmot
Electron platyrhynchum platyrhynchum
Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador.
(D3) | | Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa bipartita Northeast of Mapastepec, Chiapas state, Mexico. (S5) |
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Turquoise-browed Motmot
Eumomota superciliosa australis Tárcoles, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica.
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Blue-diademed Motmot
Momotus lessonii lessonii
Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Domingo, San José province, Costa Rica.
Blue-crowned Motmot has now been split five ways. This is now the northermost species of the group. (D3)
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Whooping Motmot
Momotus subrufescens argenticinctus Jorupe reserve, Loja province, Ecuador.
This
race is restricted to the Tumbesian region of western Ecuador and far
northwestern Peru. Plumage differences are minor (buffy underparts,
green throat), but the voice is very different from other races, and
further research could show it deserves to be split. (S5)
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 | Highland Motmot Momotus aequatorialis Jardín, Antioquia department, Colombia. It
is once again a separate species after having been briefly lumped with
Blue-crowned Motmot. This bird has a tick right behind its right eye,
which was clearly causing the bird some discomfort. (D3) |
 | Highland Motmot Momotus aequatorialis Rio Bombuscaro sector of Podocarpus NP, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. This individual is lacking rackets. (S5) |
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