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Amazonian motmot, blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota)
Subject: Amazonian motmot, blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota)
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Momotus momota subrufrescens (28143622846) - Amazonian motmot, blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota).jpg
Resolution: 692x1000 File Size: 178489 Bytes Date: 2014:05:16 00:50:58 Camera: Canon PowerShot SX50 HS (Canon) F number: f/6.5 Exposure: 1/160 sec Focal Length: 215000/1000 Upload Date: 2017:03:01 21:30:30

Amazonian motmot, blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota)


Description
The taxonomy is murky, but this brown-chested version of the Blue-crowned Motmot near Yaviza in eastern Panama is likely the subrufrescens subspecies. Some would raise this to species rank as the Whooping Motmot.
Date 16 May 2014, 00:50
Source Momotus momota subrufrescens
Author Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada https://www.flickr.com/people/92252798@N07
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Momotus_momota_subrufrescens_(28143622846).jpg

The Amazonian motmot or blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota) is a colourful near-passerine bird found in the Amazonian forests from eastern Venezuela to northeastern Argentina.

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Scientific Name: Momotus momota (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Names: Amazonian Motmot
French: Motmot houtouc German: Amazonasmotmot Spanish: Momoto amazónico, Momoto corona azul
Taxonomy: Ramphastos momota Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne.

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