Amazonian Motmot Momotus momota
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | motmot amazònic |
Czech | momot amazonský |
Dutch | Amazonemotmot |
English | Amazonian Motmot |
English (United States) | Amazonian Motmot |
French | Motmot houtouc |
French (France) | Motmot houtouc |
German | Amazonasmotmot |
Icelandic | Pendill |
Japanese | ハチクイモドキ |
Norwegian | blåpannemotmot |
Polish | piłodziób wspaniały |
Portuguese (Brazil) | udu-de-coroa-azul |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Udu-de-coroa-azul |
Russian | Синешапочный момот |
Serbian | Amazonski momot |
Slovak | momot pílkozobý |
Spanish | Momoto Amazónico |
Spanish (Argentina) | Burgo |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Momoto Amazónico |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Burgo |
Spanish (Peru) | Relojero Amazónico |
Spanish (Spain) | Momoto amazónico |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Pájaro León |
Swedish | amazonmotmot |
Turkish | Amazon Motmotu |
Ukrainian | Момот чорнощокий |
Introduction
The Amazonian Motmot is the most widespread, familiar motmot of the lowlands of South America east of the Andes. Its double-noted hooting call is a familiar sound in many areas of the Neotropics. Birds often perch on a favored branch, where they cock their long tail back and forth like a clock pendulum and occasionally sally after a flying insect. Like many motmots, the Blue-crowned has weak subterminal barbs on the central two rectrices. These barbs fall off shortly after the rectrices grow in to leave a distinctive racquet shape to the tail. The Amazonian Motmot is similar in many respects to several other allopatric species of motmots in the "Blue-crowned Motmot" complex, all of which formerly were classified as a single, highly variable species.