More on the motmot can be found here HT John at Prairie Ice. From Wordnik.com. [Wondrous Feathers] Reference
Reader, falconer, and birder Stacia Novy, in the military in Honduras, sent a photo of herself with the central tail feathers of a motmot that she picked up. From Wordnik.com. [Wondrous Feathers] Reference
The male motmot performs a pendulum-like display, swinging the racket-shaped tail feathers from side to side, and calling a low, resonant 'woop-woop-woop' in perfect time to the swings. From Wordnik.com. [Wondrous Feathers] Reference
Every year 70,000 tourists walk among the dripping forests, where relative humidity routinely reaches 100 percent, and marvel at the wealth of wildlife, from the ruby red-eyed tree frog to the sonorous blue-crowned motmot. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest In The Clouds] Reference
Guardabarranco, or Turquoise browed motmot, is the name of the official bird of Nicaragua. From Wordnik.com. [[comuNIdad]] Reference
The bulbul sings bright nightly lays no motmot ever hears while matta matta slowly swims in a wet, warm water sphere. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2] Reference
Keel-billed motmot is inherently cool just by being a motmot, it is not in any way more cool than other motmots, so it is no great disaster that there is no picture to share (or so I rationalize anyway). From Wordnik.com. [10,000 Birds] Reference
Birds that visit mangroves during migration include spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia), red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis), snowy cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus), Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia), green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana), lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis), common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), keel-billed motmot (Electron carintum), and osprey (Pandion haliaetus) just to name a few. From Wordnik.com. [Rio Negro-Rio San Sun mangroves] Reference
The many interesting birds found here include ospreys (Pandion haliaetus), harpy eagles (Harpia harpyia), toucans (Ramphastos vitellinus), little chachalacas (Ortalis motmot), nine tinamous (Crypturellus spp. From Wordnik.com. [Tapajós-Xingu moist forests] Reference
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