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Momotus lessonii
I do not know the actual taxon, but it is definitely not Aequatorialis and Lessonii was/is part of the Momotus momota complex, meaning formerly/still called Momotus momota lessonii. It might be possible that there is no ID possible without DNA?? That's the resaon why I just called it Momota sp. I did ID my own ones just as Momotus momota and I realized that butterfly ID is sometimes easier than birds...;-)...
I made a mistake. Thomaz had id as lessonii. He send me this link http://www.ornitologiacolombiana.org/oc8... where we can see that there is in Panama Momotus lessonii and Momotus subrufescens
bayucca, this bird has the blue spot around the eyes (forgive my english) like aequatorialis. The map of the specie don´t reach Panama but I and Thomaz Raso (Brazilian ornithologist) agree that aequatorialis is the most likely. See Birds of Northern South America (Robin Restall) if it is possible. What would you do? (Momotus sp.??). Thanks for your comments and lets try to solve this.
I don't think this is the Momotus aequatorialis, this should only be found in South America. The most common ones in Panama are Momotus momota and the Whooping Motmot, Momotus subrufescens. Personally I have difficulties to see all the differences. Please, verify!
http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?a...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-crowne...
There is still dispute about lumping Momota and Aequatorialis in a single species:
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCpr...
Spotted on Apr 18, 2012
Submitted on May 8, 2012
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