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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An adult perched in a tree, calling Locality Costa Rica (ssp australis)
Max Roth 2001 7 years ago 31 sec 3.9 -
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 4 years ago 34 sec 3.5 -
A bird on a branch and another one sunning before flying away. Locality Coba, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp superciliosa)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 25 July 2005 4 years ago 19 sec 3.2 -
Several birds in dead trees, one of them flicking its tail and another one with a fruit in its beak and flying away. Locality Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp superciliosa)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2005 4 years ago 18 sec 3.1 -
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 4 years ago 45 sec 3 -
A bird with food in the beak I Locality Coba, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2009 2 years ago 28 sec 3
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This bird was perched on a branch in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, along the Pacific Coast.
Locality Nicaragua
Dannie Polley 9 April 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
A perched adult bird.
Locality Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp australis)
Steve Garvie 15 July 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
On a branch
Locality Punta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 1 December 2008 1 year ago 4.2 -
On a branch
Locality Punta Leona, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 28 December 2008 1 year ago 4 -
Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) known locally as Guardabarranco, this bird was one of a pair in the village of
Locality Nicaragua
Dannie Polley 31 March 2009 1 year ago 3.9 -
perched in tree at La Ensenada Lodge, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Locality Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Tom Sykes 9 February 2009 2 years ago 3.8
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