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Blue-crowned Motmot

Momotus momota

Habitat:

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1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Blue-crowned Motmot
Momotus momota Blue-crowned Motmot


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3 Comments

vipin.baliga
vipin.baliga 12 years ago

Such a beauty..!!!
Love this bird.. :-)

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

@Ashish: Yes, it is called racket-tailed or raquet-tailed, a specialty of these wonderful and colorful birds! Exact purpose is this tail pendule is not known, but if you have seen them they do it very often, specially when having been landed on a branch.
http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/mot...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Is this tail called racket tail..?

JVM
Spotted by
JVM

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Feb 27, 2012
Submitted on Feb 27, 2012

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