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Blue-crowned Motmot
Momotus momota
9.84, -83.57
Field Notes
Description:
The Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) is a colourful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico, Central America, northern and central South America, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The Blue-crowned Motmot is 38–48 cm (15–19 in) long, depending on race, and like most of the Coraciiformes, motmots nest in tunnels in banks, laying about three or four white eggs.
These birds often sit still, and in their dense forest habitat can be difficult to see, despite their size. They eat small prey such as insects and lizards, and will also regularly take fruit.
Habitat:
Primarily occurs in humid lowland forest and at forest edge.
Rancho Naturalista
Notes:
Interesting that the nest is made in a long tunnel in an earth bank or sometimes in a quarry or fresh-water well.
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