Nombre en español: Barranquero Colimocho
Nombre en ingles: Tody Motmot
Nombre científico: Hylomanes momotula
Familia: Momotidae
El momoto enano (Hylomanes momotula) es una especie de ave coraciforme de la familia Momotidae. Es nativo de América Central (Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Panamá), México y Colombia. Es el único miembro del género monotípico Hylomanes.
Subespecies
Se distinguen las siguientes subespecies.
- Hylomanes momotula chiapensis Brodkorb, 1938
- Hylomanes momotula momotula Lichtenstein, 1839
- Hylomanes momotula obscurus Nelson, 1911
Tody motmot
The tody motmot (Hylomanes momotula) is a species of bird in the family Momotidae. It is monotypic within the genus Hylomanes. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are currently recognized.
- Hylomanes momotula chiapensis Brodkorb, 1938
- Hylomanes momotula momotula Lichtenstein, 1839
- Hylomanes momotula obscurus Nelson, 1911
The Tody Motmot is a charismatic, surreptitious little motmot of Central American lowland and hill forest. It is almost always easiest to detect by its song, a rising-falling and accelerating series of rising whistles. A whistled imitation of the song will often bring a singing bird out of the dense, shadowy vegetation along a stream and into the open. The Tody Motmot is named for its superficial resemblence to the todies of the Caribbean. It feeds on insects captured in aerial sallies, but there is little published information on its breeding behavior.
Fuentes: Wikipedia/eBird/xeno-canto/Neotropical Birds
