Keel-billed Motmot (Electron carinatum)

Family
Momotidae (Motmots)

Size
32 - 33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Du Bus & Gisignies, 1847)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,555 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize (B) (NB), Costa Rica (B) (NB), Guatemala (B) (NB), Honduras (B) (NB), Mexico (B) (NB), Nicaragua (B) (NB).

Southern Mexico (from south-eastern Veracruz and Oaxaca) east through Guatemala and central and southern Belize to northern Honduras, central and eastern Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat loss due to logging, human settlement and conversion to agriculture, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud, far-carrying and low pitched nasal 'cuaet cuaet cadack', very similar to that of Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum). Also a long, nasal, corvid-like 'caaaaw'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

Keel-billed Motmot (Electron carinatum) [XC297975]
by Roland Rumm from Cusuco National Park, Honduras (bill snaps)

Keel-billed Motmot (Electron carinatum) [XC107720]
by Mayron McKewy Mej\u00eda from Selva Negra, Nicaragua (call)

Subspecies
Appears closely related to Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) and may even be conspecific.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Keel-billed Motmot (Electron carinatum) - 10 files

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