Turquoise-browed Motmot

Eumomota superciliosa (Sandbach, 1837)

Turquoise-browed Motmot, Eumomota superciliosa, breeds in Middle America from south-east Mexico to north-west Costa Rica. It is a motmot in the family Momotidae and is the only member of its genus. In this range it is found in open country, including forest margins, gallery forest and scrub, and it is especially associated with dry forest. It favours places with varied tree cover, a low open canopy and thick undergrowth. The bird has a grey-blue body, a rufous back and belly, a blue line above the eye, a black throat patch edged in blue, and racket-shaped tail tips with long bare shafts.

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Momotidae — Motmots

Breeding range

Middle America: s, se Mexico to nw Costa Rica