Motmots (Momotidae)

Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii) - HBW 6, p. 280

French: Motmot roux German: Zimtbrustmotmot Spanish: Momoto Yeruvá Occidental

Taxonomy: Prionites martii Spix, 1824, Pará, Brazil.
May form a superspecies with B. ruficapillus. Structurally similar and has often been regarded as conspecific, but differences in both voice and plumage now generally considered sufficient to warrant treatment as separate species. Populations of Nicaragua and Costa Rica formerly separated as race costaricensis, on grounds of larger size and fairly minor differences in coloration, but subsequently found to overlap in both aspects with birds from Panama and Colombia, so this form now considered inseparable from semirufus. Two subspecies recognized.

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