Blue-crowned motmot

Description:

The blue-crowned motmot has a large head with down curved, short, broad beak, which is serrated along the upper edge. The center tail feathers, which twitch like the pendulum of a clock when the motmot is perched, have bare spines at the tip. This makes them easily recognizable. The plumage of the blue-crowned motmot is shades of green and blue. They have red eyes, a turquoise crown and black face.

Habitat:

Motmots are found in Mexico, Central America, and most of South America in rainforests, second-growth forests, forest edges, shady gardens and shaded coffee farms.

Notes:

Motmots build elaborate underground nests that they dig during the rainy season and use several months later.