Broad-billed motmot

Broad-billed motmot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Momotidae
Genus: Electron
Species:
E. platyrhynchum
Binomial name
Electron platyrhynchum
(Leadbeater, 1829)

The broad-billed motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) is a fairly common[2] Central and South American bird of the Momotidae family.[3] They are nonmigratory, sedentary birds[4] that are most frequently seen in singles or pairs.[3] There exist six subspecies of the broad-billed motmot.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Electron platyrhynchum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22682986A163629547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682986A163629547.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ International), BirdLife International (BirdLife (2016-10-01). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Electron platyrhynchum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  3. ^ a b c Snow, David; Kirwan, Guy M. (2020-03-04), Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.), "Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, doi:10.2173/bow.brbmot1.01, S2CID 225985856, retrieved 2020-10-12
  4. ^ Becker, Jonathan J. (November 1986). "A Fossil Motmot (Aves: Momotidae) from the Late Miocene of Florida". The Condor. 88 (4): 478–482. doi:10.2307/1368274. ISSN 0010-5422. JSTOR 1368274.