Nicaragua and Costa Rica, motmots have been observed feeding on poison dart frogs. Like most of the Coraciiformes, motmots nest in tunnels in banks, laying...

Like most of the Coraciiformes, motmots nest in tunnels in banks, laying about three or four white eggs. The Lesson's motmot has three subspecies: M. l. goldmani...

Lesson's (M. lessonii), and Amazonian motmots (M. momota) were all at one time considered conspecific. The Andean motmot has two recognized subspecies, the...

and the bare feather shafts are longer than in other motmots. Although it is often said that motmots pluck the barbs off their tail to create the racketed...

motmot's diet includes insects, spiders, and snails. Unlike most other motmots, it has not been recorded to eat fruit. It plucks prey from vegetation...

motmot and the blue-capped (Momotus coeruleiceps), whooping (M. subrufrescens), Trinidad (M. bahamensis), Lesson's (M. lessonii), and Andean motmots (M...

some consider to be their own species. They are called the "plain-tailed motmots" and this is because they lack tail racquets. Its range encompasses the...

make it easier to feed to young birds. Like most of the Coraciiformes, motmots nest in tunnels in banks, laying about three or four white eggs. The bird...

russet-crowned motmots only found in central Guatemala and could be considered a separate species. Russet-crowned motmots are relatively small motmots that measure...

is a black eyemask. The call is a low owl-like ooo-doot. Blue-crowned motmots have a body length ranging from 38 to 43 cm (15 to 17 in). These birds...

whooping motmot and the blue-capped (Momotus coeruleiceps), Trinidad (M. bahamensis), Amazonian (M. momota), Lesson's (M. lessonii), and Andean motmots (M....

Motmots are birds in the family Momotidae in the order Coraciiformes. There are currently 14 extant species of motmots recognised by the International...

rufous motmot's breeding and nesting phenology has few reported details. It is assumed to nest in deep burrows in earthen banks like other motmots. The...

It has a long, graduated, tail that in contrast to that of most other motmots does not have racquet tips. The side of the adult's head is ochre with...

colourful birds including the kingfishers, the bee-eaters, the rollers, the motmots, and the todies. They generally have syndactyly, with three forward-pointing...

keel-billed motmot (Electron carinatum) is a species of bird in the motmot family Momotidae. It is very closely related to the broad-billed motmot, and the...

The rufous-capped motmot (Baryphthengus ruficapillus) is a species of bird in the family Momotidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The...

The largest extant species of bird measured by mass is the common ostrich (Struthio camelus), closely followed by the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)...

Mary Ann; Chapman, Angela (1993). "The Diets of Neotropical Trogons, Motmots, Barbets and Toucans". The Condor. 95 (1): 178–92. doi:10.2307/1369399...

family Alcedinidae is in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the motmots, bee-eaters, todies, rollers, and ground-rollers. The name of the family...

Momotus is a small genus of the motmots, a family of near passerine birds found in forest and woodland of the Neotropics. They have a colourful plumage...

high precipitation levels. Resplendent quetzal, Guatemala Turquoise-browed motmot, El Salvador and Nicaragua Keel-billed toucan, Belize Scarlet macaw, Honduras...

refer to: Elementary charge or electron Electron (bird), a small genus of motmots Electron, Gauteng, a community in Gauteng province, South Africa Electron...

trogon, Trogon personatus Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Momotidae The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails which they display by waggling...

variable chachalaca (Ortalis motmot). (Confusingly, after the split the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) renamed O. motmot "little chachalaca" but...

ground rollers Suborder Alcedines Family Todidae: todies Family Momotidae: motmots Family Alcedinidae: kingfishers Worldwide except Australasia; 400 species...

Palmchat (national bird) Dulus dominicus  El Salvador Turquoise-browed motmot (national bird) Eumomota superciliosa  Finland Brown bear Ursus arctos Whooper...

The little chachalaca (Ortalis motmot) is a bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname...

trogon, Trogon personatus Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Momotidae The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails which they display by waggling...

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