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Turquoise-browed Motmot
Eumomota superciliosa
The Turquoise-browed Motmot is a strikingly colorful bird known for its vivid turquoise and green plumage, rufous back, and unique racket-shaped tail feathers. Native to Central America, it is commonly found in open woodlands, forest edges, and scrublands. This species is easily…
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- Unlike most birds, the Turquoise-browed Motmot's tail feathers naturally lose barbs near the tip, giving them their unique racket shape without the bird needing to preen them into form.
- Turquoise-browed Motmots excavate nesting tunnels in earthen banks, sometimes up to 2 meters deep. Their distinctive tail-wagging display is thought to deter predators by signaling alertness. They are the national bird of both El Salvador and Nicaragua.
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