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Turquoise-browed motmot

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with longer tails have greater pairing success and reproductive success. In addition to this function, the tail is used by both sexes in a wag-display, whereby the tail is moved back-and-forth in a pendulous fashion. The wag-display is performed in a context unrelated to mating: both sexes perform the wag-display in the presence of a
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and upperside of the tail are blue. The tips of the tail feathers are shaped like rackets and the bare feather shafts are longer than in other motmots. 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
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Unlike most bird species, where only males express elaborate traits, the turquoise-browed motmot expresses the extraordinary racketed tail in both sexes. Research indicates that the tail has evolved to function differently for the sexes. Males apparently use their tail as a sexual signal, as males
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The bird is 34 cm (13 in) long and weighs 65 g (2.3 oz). It has a mostly grey-blue body with a rufous back and belly. There is a bright blue strip above the eye and a blue-bordered black patch on the throat. The
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Murphy, Troy G. (2007). "Lack of melanized keratin and barbs that fall off: how the racketed tail of the turquoise-browed motmot
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The turquoise-browed motmot is a well-known bird in its range. It has acquired a number of local names including
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and fall off due to abrasion with substrates and with routine preening.
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A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
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Fogden, Susan C. L.; Fogden, Michael; Fogden, Patricia (2005).
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A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America
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Its name originates from the 862:at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) 765:Ridgely, Robert S.; Gwynne Jr., John A. (1989). 3744:turquoise-browed-motmot-eumomota-superciliosa 1064: 977: 893: 8: 725:A Photographic Guide to Birds of Costa Rica 3572: 3211: 3072: 3059: 2957: 2736: 2658: 2496: 2384: 2371: 2069: 2060: 1810: 1797: 1618: 1548: 1493: 1482: 1469: 1394: 1365: 1230: 1221: 1167: 1158: 1145: 1071: 1057: 1049: 984: 970: 962: 900: 886: 878: 742:Howell, Steve N. G.; Webb, Sophie (1995). 217: 67: 40: 31: 663: 480: 319: 860:Turquoise-browed motmot species account 449: 404: 830:Turquoise-browed motmot photo gallery 364:is nasal, croaking and far-carrying. 7: 580:(2). Nordic Society Oikos: 139–143. 3871:IUCN Red List least concern species 606:Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 468:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 293:in an earth bank or sometimes in a 25: 3556: 3045: 3039: 3033: 2357: 2352: 1782: 1454: 992: 908: 586:10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04055.x 519:Imprenta Nacional de El Salvador 434: 425: 416: 407: 289:(3–6) are laid in a long tunnel 92: 3881:National symbols of El Salvador 837:"Turquoise-browed motmot media" 457:BirdLife International (2020). 371:("ravine-guard") in Nicaragua, 237:) is a colourful, medium-sized 3901:Birds of the Yucatán Peninsula 854:Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve 769:. Princeton University Press. 1: 3886:National symbols of Nicaragua 703:10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.10.020 832:at VIREO (Drexel University) 750:. 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(2007). 573:Journal of Avian Biology 379:(based on its call) and 355:pursuit-deterrent signal 35:Turquoise-browed motmot 3931:Birds described in 1837 850:Turquoise-browed motmot 309:, where it is known as 229:turquoise-browed motmot 18:Turquoise-browed Motmot 332: 3848:Eumomota-superciliosa 3630:Eumomota_superciliosa 3616:Eumomota superciliosa 3586:Eumomota superciliosa 868:Eumomota superciliosa 665:10.1093/beheco/arj064 568:Eumomota superciliosa 521:: 6. 19 November 1999 517:(216). 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Index

Turquoise-browed Motmot

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Coraciiformes
Momotidae
Eumomota
P.L. Sclater
Binomial name

bird
motmot
Momotidae
Central America
Mexico
Yucatán Peninsula
Costa Rica
habitats
gallery forest
scrubland
insects
reptiles
eggs

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