Motmots (Momotidae) - HBW 6
Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
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.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- semirufus (P. L. Sclater, 1853) - E Honduras, E Nicaragua, Caribbean slopes of Costa Rica and Panama, NW Colombia and W Ecuador W of Andes.
- martii (Spix, 1824) - Amazonian Basin in E Ecuador, SE Colombia and NW Brazil (E to R Tapajós) S to E Peru and N Bolivia.
- Least Concern
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Two shots of a bird, with a front sight at the end Mindo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp martii)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 2 years ago 45 sec 4.8 -
A back view of a bird standing on a branch, showing blue racquet tipped tail Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Panama (ssp semirufus)
Dave Jackson 10 April 2007 2 years ago 14 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched on a branch, looking down Mindo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 2 years ago 29 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched and swinging its tail, joined by a second individual and flying off Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Panama (ssp semirufus)
Dave Jackson 10 April 2007 2 years ago 20 sec 4.1 -
A bird resting in a tree and flying away Mindo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 2 years ago 12 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree, under rain Los Colibrís, Mindo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2005 4 years ago 33 sec 3.7
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A perched bird on the forested slopes of Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica. Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp semirufus)
Steve Garvie 8 July 2008 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
adult in the hand Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp semirufus)
ben lascelles 8 March 2006 14 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird perching on a twig Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 29 September 2009 9 weeks ago 2.7
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Song. Lita, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(ssp semirufus)
Nick Athanas 31 August 2006 13 weeks ago 3
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