Russet-crowned Motmot

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When to see the Russet-crowned 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 Russet-crowned Motmot

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Russet-crowned Motmot

The russet-crowned motmot is a species of motmot native to north-western Mexico and central Guatemala. It is a year-round resident of the tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and scrubland. The russet-crowned motmot is the most understudied species of motmot in the family Momotidae.

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Easily confused with

Whooping MotmotMomotus subrufescensThe whooping motmot's back and wings are olive-green and the underparts dull brown. Trinidad MotmotMomotus bahamensisThe Trinidad motmot is much more deeply and uniformly rufous below than other species in Momotus. Blue-capped MotmotMomotus coerulicepsThe blue-capped motmot or blue-crowned motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico.

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