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Eumomota superciliosa

Photo by steenl
Photo taken: Celestun - Yucatán, Mexico.

[edit] Identification

34 cm. Green body, rufous back and belly, bright blue stripe above the eye, blue-bordered black patch on the throat, blue flight feathers and upperside of the tail. The tips of the tail feathers are shaped like rackets.

[edit] Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are seven subspecies recognized for this species: bipartita, superciliosa, vanrossemi, sylvestris, apiaster, euroaustris, and australis.

[edit] Habitat

Forest edge, gallery forest and scrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects and small reptiles.

It makes a long tunnel nest in an earth bank or sometimes in a quarry or fresh-water well and 3-6 white eggs are laid.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view

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