Broad-billed motmot

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

Broad-billed motmot

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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 throughout Central America, the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena and the Amazon Basin. 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.

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References

  1. 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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