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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) |
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| 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) |
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. (S5) |
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| Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota lessonii Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Domingo, San José province, Costa Rica. The most widespread motmot, occuring from NE Mexico all the way to northern Argentina. (D3) |
Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota 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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| Blue-crowned (Highland) Motmot Momotus momota aequatorialis Rio Bombuscaro sector of Podocarpus NP, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. This subspecies from the east slope of the Andes is often considered a distinct species. This individual is lacking rackets. (S5) |
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