Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)

Family
Momotidae (Motmots)

Size
34 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sandbach, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A far-carrying, nasal croaking.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (45)...)

Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) [XC385768]
by Justin Flint from Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico (call)

Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) [XC310068]
by Manuel Grosselet from La Venta del Sur , Francisco Moraz\u00e1n, Honduras (call)

Nest
In a tunnel in an earth bank or quarry or well.

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 3 - 6
Color: white

Subspecies
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

superciliosa (Sandbach, 1837) - South-eastern Mexico (from Campeche across northern half of Yucat�n Peninsula).
bipartita Ridgway, 1912 - Southern Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) and Pacific slope of Guatemala.
vanrossemi Griscom, 1929 - Interior Guatemala.
sylvestris Carriker & Meyer de Schauensee, 1935 - Caribbean lowlands of Guatemala.
euroaustris Griscom, 1929 - Caribbean lowlands of northern Honduras.
apiaster (Lesson, R, 1842) - El Salvador, western Honduras and north-western Nicaragua.
australis Bangs, 1906 - Pacific lowlands of south-western Nicaragua and north-western Costa Rica.

References
See References.

Files:

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