Turquoise-browed Motmot

Eumomota superciliosa

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About the Turquoise-browed Motmot

The turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae. It is the only species in its genus Eumomota. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico (mostly the Yucatán Peninsula), to Costa Rica, where it is common and not considered threatened. It lives in fairly open habitats such as forest edge, gallery forest and scrubland. It has a preference for higher tree diversity and richness, alongside a low open canopy and dense understory. It also appears to prefer dry forest. This is in contrast to the other motmot known to inhabit the Yucatán, Lesson’s motmot, which prefers moist forest. As a result, their respective distributions allow ecologists to map the process of aridification induced by anthropogenic climate change.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name: Eumomota superciliosa
Family: Motmots
Order: Coraciiformes

Similar species

Other members of the motmots family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

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