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It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico mostly the Yucatán Peninsula , to Costa Rica , where it is common and not considered threatened. Its name originates from the turquoise color of its brow. Wikimedia Commons Wikispecies Wikidata item. It lives in fairly open habitats such as forest edge, galleri forest and scrubland. Springer-Verlag : — S2CID Behavioral Ecology. Although it is often said that motmots pluck the barbs off their tail to create the racketed shape, this is not true; the barbs are weakly attached and fall off due to abrasion with substrates and with routine preening.
Males apparently use their tail as a sexual signal, as males with longer tails have greater pairing success and reproductive success.
Blue-Crowned Motmot
The tips of the svans feathers are shaped like rackets and the bare feather shafts are longer than in other motmots. International Society for Behavioral Ecology: — References [ edit ]. Conservation ställning eller tillstånd. The turquoise-browed motmot is a well-known bird in its range. Journal of Avian Biology.
It has a mostly grey-blue body with a rufous back and belly. vit eggs 3—6 are laid in a long tunnel nest in an earth bank or sometimes in a quarry or fresh-water well. Species of bird. It is more conspicuous than other motmots, often perching in the open on wires and fences. The call is nasal, croaking and far-carrying. It has acquired a number of local names including guardabarranco "ravine-guard" in Nicaragua, torogoz in El Salvador based on its call and pájaro reloj "clock bird" in the Yucatán, based on its habit of wagging its svans like a pendulum.
There is a bright blue strip above the eye and a blue-bordered black patch on the throat. In other projects. Read Edit View history. The bird is 34 cm 13 in long and weighs 65 g 2.
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This form of interspecific communication is referred to as a pursuit-deterrent meddelande. The flight feathers and upperside of the tail are blue. It is the national bird of both El Salvador and Nicaragua , where it is known as torogoz and guardabarranco respectively. Retrieved 22 July Diario Oficial in Spanish Managua: La Gaceta. Contents move to sidebar hide. From these perches it scans for prey, such as insects and small reptiles.
Tools Tools. Nordic Society Oikos: — Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Retrieved 12 November Diario Oficial in Spanish. The turquoise-browed motmot Eumomota superciliosa is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae. Research indicates that the tail has evolved to function differently for the sexes. In Costa Rica it fryst vatten known as momoto cejiceleste or the far-less flattering pájaro bobo "foolish bird" , owing to its tendency to allow humans to come very near it without flying away.
Article Talk. Download as PDF Printable utgåva. Unlike most bird species, where only males express elaborate traits, the turquoise-browed motmot expresses the extraordinary racketed tail in both sexes.