Motmots (Momotidae)
Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) - HBW 6, p. 279
French: Motmot à sourcils bleus
German: Brauenmotmot
Spanish: Momoto Cejiazul
Taxonomy: Pyronites superciliosus Sandbach, 1837, Campeche, Mexico.
Highly distinctive, with no very close relatives. Geographical variation within disjunct range is probably complex, but general pattern of darkest forms in more humid areas, tawnier forms coastal, greener ones isolated in interior, and southernmost distinctly pale; further study required. Seven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- superciliosa (Sandbach, 1837) - SE Mexico (from Campeche across N half of Yucatán Peninsula).
- bipartita Ridgway, 1912 - S Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) and Pacific slope of Guatemala.
- vanrossemi Griscom, 1929 - interior Guatemala.
- superciliosa (Sandbach, 1837) - SE Mexico (from Campeche across N half of Yucatán Peninsula).
- bipartita Ridgway, 1912 - S Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) and Pacific slope of Guatemala.
- vanrossemi Griscom, 1929 - interior Guatemala.
- sylvestris Carriker & Meyer de Schauensee, 1935 - Caribbean lowlands of Guatemala.
- euroaustris Griscom, 1929 - Caribbean lowlands of N Honduras.
- apiaster (Lesson, 1842) - El Salvador, W Honduras and NW Nicaragua.
- australis Bangs, 1906 - Pacific lowlands of SW Nicaragua and NW Costa Rica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Individual views of a pair perched Locality Cascajal, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp australis)
Greg Baker 9 April 2001 1 year ago 29 sec 4.4 -
An adult perched on a branch Locality Cascajal, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp australis)
Greg Baker 7 April 2001 1 year ago 21 sec 4.3 -
An adult perched in a tree, calling Locality Costa Rica (ssp australis)
Max Roth 2001 8 years ago 31 sec 4.1 -
A bird changing its position on a branch, then flying away Locality Coba, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp superciliosa)
Josep del Hoyo 28 September 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 3.4 -
A front and dorsal view of a bird Locality La Ensenada National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp australis)
Richard Garrigues 3 April 2007 5 years ago 45 sec 3 -
An adult perched and then flying off to catch a dragonfly which it then hits against a branch Locality Cascajal, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp australis)
Greg Baker 7 April 2001 1 year ago 28 sec 3
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A perched adult bird.
Locality Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp australis)
Steve Garvie 15 July 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
Male.
Locality Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp lessonii)
Leandro Herrainz 29 weeks ago 4.3 -
This bird was perched on a branch in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, along the Pacific Coast.
Locality Nicaragua
Dannie Polley 9 April 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
Turquoise-browed Motmot near its nest burrow. Nicaraguan National Bird.
Locality Barrio San Francisco, Managua Department, Nicaragua
Manfred Bienert 2 April 2009 32 weeks ago 4.2 -
On a branch
Locality Punta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp australis)
Guy Poisson 1 December 2008 2 years ago 4.2 -
Perched in a large tree over the road between Santa Elena and Tilaran. The tree sheltered at least 10 species
Locality Santa Elena, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Lee Hunter 31 March 2012 12 weeks ago 4.2
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