Cinnamon breast motmot

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Cinnamon breast motmot
Cinnamon breast motmot (Baryphthengus martii)

Cinnamon breast motmot ( Baryphthengus martii )

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Rockers (Coraciiformes)
Family : Sawbacks (Momotidae)
Genre : Red- headed sawback ( Baryphthengus )
Type : Cinnamon breast motmot
Scientific name
Baryphthengus martii
( Spix , 1824)

The Rufous Motmot ( Baryphthengus martii ) is a bird of the family of Motmot (Momotidae) and comes in Central and South America.

features

The 45 cm long cinnamon breast motmot is a stocky bird with a long tail, a large head and a large downwardly curved beak and black eye stripe; Head and underside are colored orange-red; The wings and tail are green with blue borders.

Occurrence

The cinnamon breast motmot inhabits lowland and mountain forests, as well as adult secondary forests . The distribution area of ​​the northern population extends from Nicaragua south to western Ecuador . Another lives in the western Amazon basin .

behavior

This bird spends most of its time high up in the branches of a tree and only flies up to catch insects in the foliage with sudden movement. Occasionally he rushes down to the ground to grab small animals, including mice and lizards. Sometimes he also follows colonies of wandering ants that scare away smaller animals on their forays. Larger prey animals are carried back to the hide and beaten against a branch to kill. He supplements the animal food with fruits, which he plucks from the trees in flight. Cinnamon breast motmots can be found alone or in pairs.

Reproduction

The cinnamon breast motmot breeds in a bare brood chamber at the end of a self-dug tube on embankments or between tree roots. It also rests in it outside of the breeding season.

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