RETIRED
Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Momotidae
Genus
Momotus
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.

Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus coeruliceps

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Version: 1.0 — Not Published

Demography and Populations

Introduction

Adult Blue-crowned Motmots in Costa Rica are the host of a newly-described species of Isospora, a parasite that causes coccidia, or intestinal infection (Yabsley et al. 2009).

There is no information related to topics such as age at first breeding, life span and survivorship, dispersal, or population regulation.

Recommended Citation

(2024). Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus coeruliceps), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/nb/species/blcmot1/1.0
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