The Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico (mostly the Yucatán Peninsula), to Costa Rica, where it is common and not considered threatened. It lives in fairly open habitats such as forest edge, gallery forest and scrubland. It is more conspicuous than other motmots, often perching in the open on wires and fences. From these perches it scans for prey, such as insects and small reptiles.
My photos of this stunning little bird were backlit so didn’t do justice to it’s beauty. Looks like I have to rely on Wikipedia for close-up shots.
They have a fairly large range throughout Central America from Belize to Costa Rica. We saw them in Nicaragua around the Granada area and in Costa Rica while enroute to the Manantial Sanctuary.
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Sometimes it just blows me away when I see how beautiful a bird really is after I saw one in bad light (usually backlit by the sun) and see photos and videos posted by others who were lucky enough to see the bird in good light. Check out these videos!