© Drew Weber
(with Broad-billed Motmot) © Tom Johnson
© Carlos Echeverría
© Jacob Drucker
+ 2
Habitat © Allen Boynton

Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum

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Identification

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Medium-sized forest-dweller that likes to sit motionless. Mostly dull green, slightly buffier below, with black mask and breast spot. Orange forehead and blue eyebrow and chin are distinctive. Most similar to larger Lesson’s Motmot; note smaller size and face pattern. Often found singly or in pairs inside forest, usually below canopy. Never common; quite inconspicuous and can be difficult to find within its limited range. Call very similar to Broad-billed Motmot.

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