A colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family,
Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico (mostly
the Yucatán Peninsula), to Costa Rica, where it is common and not
considered threatened. It lives in fairly open habitats such as forest
edge, gallery forest and scrubland. It is more conspicuous than other
motmots, often perching in the open on wires and fences. From these
perches it scans for prey, such as insects and small reptiles. White
eggs (3–6) are laid in a long tunnel nest in an earth bank or sometimes
in a quarry or fresh-water well. Its name originates from the turquoise
color of its brow.
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Turquoise-Browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa)
A colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family,
Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico (mostly
the Yucatán Peninsula), to Costa Rica, where it is common and not
considered threatened. It lives in fairly open habitats such as forest
edge, gallery forest and scrubland. It is more conspicuous than other
motmots, often perching in the open on wires and fences. From these
perches it scans for prey, such as insects and small reptiles. White
eggs (3–6) are laid in a long tunnel nest in an earth bank or sometimes
in a quarry or fresh-water well. Its name originates from the turquoise
color of its brow.
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