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Hylomanes momotula
Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Magdalena Valley, Colombia, November/December 2009

Identification

Distribution

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

Three subspecies are recognized in Tody Motmot:

  • H. m. chiapensis:
  • Pacific coast of southern Mexico (Chiapas)
  • H. m. momotula:
  • H. m. obscurus:

Habitat

Tropical wet forest

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia
  3. BF Member observations

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