SPECIES
Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens
Sophia Catherine Orzechowski and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published April 15, 2011
Version: 1.0 — Published April 15, 2011
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Behavior
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Behavior
Similar in most respects to other members of the "Blue-crowned Motmot" complex. A "sit-and-wait" forager: perches still, with upright posture, for long periods, then sallies to ground or to adjacent foliage or branches for arthropod or small vertebrate prey. When disturbed, abruptly swings the tail from side to side.
Territoriality
Sexual Behavior
Social and interspecific behavior
Solitary or in pairs. Does not associate with mixed-species flocks