Panama Bird Photos
Broad-billed Motmot
(Electron platyrhynchum)
3/22/04 - Canopy Tower, Panama. Motmots are not the most active birds, spending much of the day sitting quietly.
Broad-billed Motmot
(Electron platyrhynchum)
3/22/04 - Canopy Tower, Panama. Motmots have distinctive "raquets" at the ends of their two central tail feathers. These are sometimes worn off (you can see this individual is missing one), especially during nesting season. The raquet tips are produced by preening -- they don't grow that way!
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