Amazonian motmot, blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota) Description
Blue-crowned Motmot , Momotus momota, hand-colored lithograph
Date 1857-1859
Source Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey, made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior by William H. Emory. (Volume on Birds, edited by Spencer Fullerton Baird.)
Author United States Department of the Interior
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Momotus_momotaAQBIP08CA.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.
