Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | motmot becample |
| Czech | momot širokozobý |
| Dutch | Breedsnavelmomot |
| English | Broad-billed Motmot |
| English (United States) | Broad-billed Motmot |
| French | Motmot à bec large |
| French (France) | Motmot à bec large |
| German | Plattschnabelmotmot |
| Icelandic | Skeiðpendill |
| Japanese | ヒロハシハチクイモドキ |
| Norwegian | brednebbmotmot |
| Polish | piłodziób szerokodzioby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | udu-de-bico-largo |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Udu-de-bico-largo |
| Russian | Плоскоклювый момот |
| Serbian | Širokokljuni momot |
| Slovak | momot širokozobý |
| Spanish | Momoto Picoancho |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Momoto Piquiancho |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Momoto Piquiancho |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Guardabarrancos Pico Ancho |
| Spanish (Panama) | Momoto Piquiancho |
| Spanish (Peru) | Relojero de Pico Ancho |
| Spanish (Spain) | Momoto picoancho |
| Swedish | brednäbbad motmot |
| Turkish | Koca Başlı Motmot |
| Ukrainian | Момот широкодзьобий |
Electron platyrhynchum (Leadbeater, 1829)
PROTONYM:
Momotus platyrhynchus
Leadbeater, 1829. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 16, p.92.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Brazil, error, type locality fixed as western Ecuador by Oberholser, antea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ELECTRON
- platyrhynchos / platyrhynchum
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum Scientific name definitions
David Snow and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 18, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 18, 2012
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
Authors
David Snow and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Snow, D. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.brbmot1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 18, 2012
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
Authors
David Snow and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Snow, D. and G. M. Kirwan (2012). Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
