Broad-billed motmot

Broad-billed motmot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Momotidae
Genus: Electron
Species: E. platyrhynchum
Binomial name
Electron platyrhynchum
(Leadbeater, 1829)

The broad-billed motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) is a species of bird in the family Momotidae.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.

Description

It has a rufous head with black eye stripes. Its body is green and its tail is blue. Its beak is black.

Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Electron platyrhynchum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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