Motmot
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MOTMOT. According to Hernandez in his Historia avium Novae Hispaniae (p. 52), published at Rome in 1651, this is the Mexican name of a bird which he described well enough to leave no doubt as to what he meant; ...
Motmot
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MOTMOT is the name for about six genera and eight species of beautiful tropical American birds, inhabiting deep woods or dense thickets, and constituting the family Momotidae (order Coraciiformes), nearest related to todies, kingfishers and rollers.
Motmots are restricted to woodland or forest in the Neotropics, and the largest diversity is in Middle America. They have a colorful plumage and a relatively heavy bill.
Motmots feed primarily on insects, crushing them in their saw-edged bill. They round out this diet with fruit and occasionally larger prey animals like lizards, frogs, and even mice.
Motmots burrow far into the ground to nest. We haven’t had any chicks, or even eggs that we know of, but they’re great burrowers.
If you see a pile of dirt on the forest floor, it’s probably an indication that a burrow is close.
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
The Broad-billed Motmot is distributed from Honduras through Panama and down the Pacific coast to Ecuador and in part of the Amazon Basin south of the Amazon. It is found mainly in humid forest.
Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
3/23/04 - Canopy Tower, Panama. This species is the largest of Panama's Momotidae, but the dim lighting did not allow for a good picture.
Rufous Motmot - Baryphthengus martii. Heard a few meters from the road.
Bluish-fronted Jacamar - Galbula Cyanescens. A couple perched over the creek.
Blue-crowned Motmot
Range: Mexico to South America
Habitat: open woodland, humid forest edge, second growth, scrub
Keel-billed Toucan
Range: Central America
Habitat: tropical rainforests ...
Keel-billed motmot (Electron carinatum)
Information on the keel-billed motmot is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 videos ...
The blue-crowned motmots, both male and female, dig a hole in the soil to serve as a nest. The nest is usually in a less obvious location so that it is difficult to discover and is therefore, unlikely to attract predators.
Kingfishers, rollers, motmots and their allies are small to medium, stocky birds with big heads and small feet. All species have the three front toes joined for at least part of their length (syndactyly).
Over 200 species of hornbills, kingfishers, rollers, motmots and bee-eaters make up the order Coraciiformes. They can be found on all continents except Antarctica.
This is largely an Old World order, with the representation in the New World limited to the dozen or so species of todies and motmots, and a mere handful of the more than 90 species of kingfishers.
Broad-billed Hummingbird (2 photos), Russet-crowned Motmot, (March 2008), Groove-billed Ani, Streak-backed Oriole (April 2008), Blue-crowned Motmot (June 2008) on this page.
I'm certainly no expert, but I think the recent split of the Blue-crowned Motmots was an indication that the AOU is going to work their way through these taxonomic questions, but it may take some time.
I'd still like to see the lump argument, though.
CORACIIFORMES
kingfishers, bee-eaters, todies, motmots, rollers, & hornbills
great hornbill
laughing kookaburra ...
The taxonomic order CORACIIFORMES (pronounced ko-rah-kee-ih-FOR-meez) is composed of six families of colorful birds such as the motmots, rollers, todies, and kingfishers.
FAMILY TAXONOMY ...
Species: Scientific: Prioniturus platurus talautensis ... English: Talaud Racket-tailed Parrot ... Dutch: Talaud Vlagstaartpapegaai ... German: Talaud Motmotpapagei ... French: Perroquet à raquettes à manteau doré d'iles Ta ...
Their most distinctive trait is the partial fusion of two toes in an arrangement known as syndactyly. The order includes familes as diverse as the rollers of the Old World and the motmots of the tropical Americas, ...
 See also: Flamingo, Stork, Curassow, Oriole, Spoonbill
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