- 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, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
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.
References
- 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
