Motmots (Momotidae) - HBW 6
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
French: Motmot à bec large
German: Plattschnabelmotmot
Spanish: Momoto Picoancho
Other common names: Plain-tailed Motmot (“pyrrholaemum group”)
Taxonomy: Momotus platyrhynchus Leadbeater, 1829, Brazil; error = western Ecuador.
Probably closely related to E. carinatum and, despite plumage differences, might even be conspecific: the two are similar in structure and, reportedly, in vocalizations; moreover, mixed pairing recorded in two successive seasons in Costa Rica, with apparent courtship feeding by present species; further study of taxonomic status required. Races mostly well marked; those E of Andes, lacking tail-racquets, combined as the “pyrrholaemum group”, considered by some to be a separate species. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- minor (Hartert, 1898) - E Honduras to E Panama.
- platyrhynchum (Leadbeater, 1829) - W of Andes from NW Colombia to SW Ecuador (El Oro).
- colombianum Meyer de Schauensee, 1950 - lowlands N of Andes in N Colombia.
- minor (Hartert, 1898) - E Honduras to E Panama.
- platyrhynchum (Leadbeater, 1829) - W of Andes from NW Colombia to SW Ecuador (El Oro).
- colombianum Meyer de Schauensee, 1950 - lowlands N of Andes in N Colombia.
- pyrrholaemum (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902) - E of Andes from Colombia (S Meta, Caquetá) S through E Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz).
- orienticola Oberholser, 1920 - upper Amazonian Brazil (W Amazonas, Acre).
- chlorophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1931 - N Brazil S of Amazon (in E Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso, N Goiás).
- Least Concern
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A bird swallowing a large insect while perched on a branch in the canopy Rio Silanche, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp platyrhynchum)
Scott Olmstead 24 January 2008 2 years ago 37 sec 4.4 -
An adult perched on a vine Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp minor)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 5 years ago 29 sec 4 -
A bird calling from a branch La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp minor)
Richard Garrigues 31 December 2006 2 years ago 14 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree Rio Silanche, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 22 weeks ago 28 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched on branch La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp minor)
Richard Garrigues 31 December 2006 2 years ago 36 sec 3.6 -
A bird seen from below, showing its flat bill Rio Roosevelt, Mato Grosso, Brazil (ssp chlorophrys)
Frank Witebsky 31 May 2007 2 years ago 29 sec 3.1
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Bird perched in a tree Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
lukas 1 March 2008 49 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult perched in the rain. Ecuador (ssp platyrhynchum)
Conan Guard 1 December 2007 1 year ago 3.5 -
Bird perched in a tree at the Tambopata Research Center, south-east Peru Peru (ssp pyrrholaemum)
lochfitty 31 July 2007 1 year ago 1
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song/call (3x) Mashpi Reserve, La Delicia, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
DusanB 10 December 2009 14 weeks ago 3
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