Keel-billed Motmot

Electron carinatum

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableInvertebratesForestCavity nestMedium · 65 g

What the Keel-billed Motmot sounds like

Sonogram of the Keel-billed Motmot: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Oliver Komar · Call · Mábita (Rus Rus), municipio de Puerto Lempira, Departamento de gracias a dios, Honduras · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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The keel-billed motmot is 30.5 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) long; one male weighed 65 g (2.3 oz). It is a smallish member of the motmot family. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a rufus forehead and a black "mask" with a turquoise-blue arc above it on an otherwise green face. Their upper parts are also green. Their chin is pale turquoise. Their underparts are mostly rufous in the northern part of their range becoming greenish to greenish cinnamon in the south. Their chest has a black spot. Their tail is green; its central pair of feathers are elongated and end in racquets. Voice: The keel-billed motmot's vocalizations are very similar to those of the broad-billed motmot. It makes "a loud, far-carrying, low-pitched, nasal 'cuaet cuaet cadack' or 'ohhng' ".

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When to see the Keel-billed Motmot

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Keel-billed Motmot

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Keel-billed Motmot

The keel-billed motmot is a Vulnerable species of bird in the motmot family Momotidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

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