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 LC    Turquoise-browed Motmot* Id (Atlas):
    Eumomota superciliosa

Description (10)
Image of Turquoise-browed Motmot
 

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) [XC8836]
     by Richard E. Webster from Quintana Roo, Coba Ruins, Mexico (song?)

 
Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) [XC385768]
     by Justin Flint from Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico (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 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:
JPG files for Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) - 10 files


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