Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Momotidae
Genus
Momotus
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Blue-capped Motmot Momotus coeruliceps

Sophia Catherine Orzechowski and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published April 22, 2011

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

Orzechowski, S. C. and T. S. Schulenberg (2011). Blue-capped Motmot (Momotus coeruliceps), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.bucmot1.01