Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)

Other Names (World)
Broad-billed Motmot, Plain-tailed Motmot (pyrrholaemum group)

Family
Momotidae (Motmots)

Size
33 - 39 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Leadbeater, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) [XC591989]
by Kent Livezey from Rio Javar\u00ed, AM. Reserva Natural Palmar\u00ed, Brazil (song)

Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) [XC585710]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Parroquia Nanegalito, Nueva Granada, Hacienda Los Yumbos, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Probably closely related to Keel-billed Motmot (Electron carinatum) and may even be conspecific. Subspecies mostly well marked, with those east of Andes, lacking tail-racquets, combined as the "pyrrholaemum group", and considered by some to be a separate species.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

minus (Hartert, E, 1898) - Eastern Honduras to northern Colombia (lower Cauca Valley).
platyrhynchum (Leadbeater, 1829) - West of Andes from north-western Colombia to south-western Ecuador (El Oro).
colombianum Meyer de Schauensee, 1950 - Lowlands north of Andes in northern Colombia.
pyrrholaemum (von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902) - East of Andes from Colombia (southern Meta, Caquet�) south through eastern Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz).
orienticola Oberholser, 1921 - Upper Amazonian Brazil (western Amazonas, Acre).
chlorophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1931 - Northern Brazil south of Amazon (in eastern Amazonas, Par�, Mato Grosso, northern Goi�s).

References
See References.

Files:

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