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ForestCavity nestMedium · 115 g
What the Lesson's Motmot sounds like
ID tip
The central crown is black and surrounded by a blue band. There is a black eyemask. The call is a low owl-like ooo-doot. These birds often sit still, and in their dense forest habitat can be difficult to see, despite their size. They eat small prey such as insects and lizards, and will also regularly take fruit. Like most of the Coraciiformes, motmots nest in tunnels in banks, laying about three or four white eggs.
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When to see the Lesson's Motmot
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Lesson's Motmot
The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Lesson's Motmot
Lesson's motmot or the blue-diademed motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of southern Mexico to western Panama. This species and the blue-capped motmot, whooping motmot, Trinidad motmot, Amazonian motmot, and Andean motmot were all considered conspecific.
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Easily confused with
Andean MotmotMomotus aequatorialisThe Andean motmot is in general typical of its family: It is a large bird with a stout black bill and a long tail with a "racquet" tip.
Amazonian MotmotMomotus momotaThe Amazonian motmot's plumage varies among the subspecies.
Whooping MotmotMomotus subrufescensThe whooping motmot's back and wings are olive-green and the underparts dull brown.
Side by side: Andean Motmot vs Lesson's Motmot · Amazonian Motmot vs Lesson's Motmot · Lesson's Motmot vs Whooping Motmot
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