Blue-capped Motmot

分类位置

同属物种

Amazonian Motmot

Amazonian Motmot

Andean Motmot

Andean Motmot

Lesson's Motmot

Lesson's Motmot

Russet-crowned Motmot

Russet-crowned Motmot

Trinidad Motmot

Trinidad Motmot

Whooping Motmot

Whooping Motmot

形态与习性

The blue-capped motmot (Momotus coeruliceps) or blue-crowned motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico. This species and the Lesson's Motmot, Whooping Motmot, Trinidad Motmot, Amazonian Motmot, and Andean Motmot were all considered conspecific. The IUCN uses blue-crowned as their identifier for this species; however, it was also the name used for the prior species complex. It is the only species in the former complex where the central crown is bl