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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Turquoise-browed Motmot* |
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Eumomota superciliosa |
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Description (10)
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Turquoise-browed Motmot
© flickr.com
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Family
Momotidae (Motmots)
Size
34 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Sandbach, 1837)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.
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) [XC423206]
by Manuel Grosselet from Chemuyil predio el venado Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico (song)
Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) [XC71798]
by Guillermo Funes from Tarcoles River mouth, Costa Rica (song)
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 Yucatán 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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Turquoise-browed Motmot see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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