Broad-billed motmot
The broad-billed motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) is a species of bird in the family Momotidae.
| Broad-billed motmot | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Momotidae |
| Genus: | Electron |
| Species: | E. platyrhynchum |
| Binomial name | |
| Electron platyrhynchum (Leadbeater, 1829) | |
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
- BirdLife International (2012). "Electron platyrhynchum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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