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.
