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[[Image:13741Turquoise-browed-Motmot-ine.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by steenl<br />Photo taken: Celestun - Yucatan, Mexico.]] | [[Image:13741Turquoise-browed-Motmot-ine.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by steenl<br />Photo taken: Celestun - Yucatan, Mexico.]] | ||
==Identification== | ==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. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Mexico]] | + | [[Mexico]], [[Costa Rica]], [[El Salvador]] and [[Nicaragua]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
There are seven subspecies recognized for this species: ''bipartita'', ''superciliosa'', ''vanrossemi'', ''sylvestris'', ''apiaster'', ''euroaustris'', and ''australis''. | There are seven subspecies recognized for this species: ''bipartita'', ''superciliosa'', ''vanrossemi'', ''sylvestris'', ''apiaster'', ''euroaustris'', and ''australis''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Forest edge, gallery forest and scrubland. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes insects and small reptiles. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Eumomota+superciliosa}} | {{GSearch|Eumomota+superciliosa}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eumomota | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eumomota]] |
Revision as of 15:40, 4 July 2008
- Eumomota superciliosa
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.
Distribution
Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Taxonomy
There are seven subspecies recognized for this species: bipartita, superciliosa, vanrossemi, sylvestris, apiaster, euroaustris, and australis.
Habitat
Forest edge, gallery forest and scrubland.
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.
