Turquoise-browed motmot
The turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) is a bird of the motmot family. It lives in Central America, from south-east Mexico (mostly the Yucatán Peninsula) to Costa Rica. The turquoise-browed motmot is a colourful bird, mostly turquoise, green and orange. It is common and not in danger. It lives in fairly open habitats such as on the edges of forests and scrubland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Momotidae |
| Genus: | Eumomota P.L. Sclater, 1858 |
| Species: | E. superciliosa
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| Eumomota superciliosa (Sandbach, 1837)
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The motmots live in the tropical forests of Central America. They are brightly coloured with a strong beak. They have a signature tail with two bare feathers ending in tufts, just like this bird. This effect is got by the tail feathers having no barbs along the middle section.[2]
This motmot has other local names. Itis called Torogoz in El Salvador and Guardabarranco in Nicaragua. It is the national bird of these two countries.
Turquoise-browed Motmot Media
A torogoz in Joya de Cerén Mayan ruins in El Salvador
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Eumomota superciliosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Murphy, Troy G. 2007. Racketed tail of the male and female turquoise-browed motmot: male but not female tail length correlates with pairing success, performance, and reproductive success Archived 2012-12-16 at Archive.today Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 911-918.
Other websites
Media related to Eumomota superciliosa at Wikimedia Commons
- Motmot Research, Troy G. Murphy Archived 2010-06-03 at the Wayback Machine