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blue-crowned motmot

Momotus momota

Photo by Jeff Dreier
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Field Notes

Description:

Blue crown; dark spot on breast; black mask; long tail

Habitat:

Montane scrub

Notes:

Observed a pair in Monteverde; nesting in burrow excavated in vertical bank above small stream.

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Blue-crowned Motmot

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