Blue-capped Motmot
Momotus coeruliceps
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The blue-capped motmot or blue-crowned motmot, is a colorful bird in the family Momotidae that is 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.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Momotidae
- Genus
- Momotus