MOTMOTS   -   MOMOTIDAE

Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula obscurus Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Cocle province, Panama. The smallest and strangest member of the family, and also probably the rarest. It is mainly found in Central America, but reaches southern Mexico and northwestern Colombia.

Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum minor Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Cocle province, Panama. An example of a typical subspecies from west of the Andes, showing full tail rackets.		Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum pyrrholaemum Shiripuno Lodge, Orellana province, Ecuador. Subspecies east of the Andes, such as this one, don't have the tail rackets.

Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum platyrhynchum Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador.

Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa australis Hacienda Dorada, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica.

Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota lessonii Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Domingo, San José province, Costa Rica. The most widespread motmot, occuring from NE Mexico all the way to northern Argentina.		Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota conexus Parque Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama.

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