List of motmots

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Motmots are birds in the family Momotidae in the order Coraciiformes. There are currently 14 extant species of motmots recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union. [1]

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Conventions

IUCN Red List categories
Conservation status
 EX  Extinct (0 species)
 EW  Extinct in the wild (0 species)
 CR  Critically Endangered (0 species)
 EN  Endangered (0 species)
 VU  Vulnerable (1 species)
 NT  Near threatened (0 species)
 LC  Least concern (13 species)

Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the motmot's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IOC World Bird List for that species unless otherwise noted. Population estimates are of the number of mature individuals and are taken from the IUCN Red List.

This list follows the taxonomic treatment (designation and order of species) and nomenclature (scientific and common names) of version 13.2 of the IOC World Bird List. [1] Where the taxonomy proposed by the IOC World Bird List conflicts with the taxonomy followed by the IUCN [lower-alpha 1] or the 2023 edition of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, [3] the disagreement is noted next to the species's common name (for nomenclatural disagreements) or scientific name (for taxonomic disagreements).

Classification

The International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) recognises 14 species of motmots in six genera. [1] This list does not include hybrid species, extinct prehistoric species, or putative species not yet accepted by the IOU.

Family Momotidae

Motmots

Genus Hylomanes – Lichtenstein, M. H. C., 1839 – 1 species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeIUCN status and estimated population
Tody motmot

Hylomanes-momotula-001.jpg

H. momotula
Lichtenstein, M. H. C., 1839

Three subspecies
  • H. m. chiapensis
  • H. m. momotula
  • H. m. obscurus
Southern Mexico to northwestern Colombia
Hylomanes momotula dist.png 		 LC 


20,000–49,999 Decrease2.svg [4]

Genus Aspatha – Sharpe, 1892 – 1 species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeIUCN status and estimated population
Blue-throated motmot

Blue-throated Motmot iNaturalist.jpg

A. gularis
(Lafresnaye, 1840)		Southern Mexico to Honduras
Aspatha gularis dist.png 		 LC 


20,000–49,999 Decrease2.svg [5]

Genus Momotus – Brisson, 1760 – 7 species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeIUCN status and estimated population
Russet-crowned motmot

Russet-crowned Mot-mot - Mexico S4E8487.jpg

M. mexicanus
Swainson, 1827

Four subspecies
  • M. m. vanrossemi
  • M. m. mexicanus
  • M. m. saturatus
  • M. m. castaneiceps
Northwestern Mexico to southwestern Guatemala
Momotus mexicanus dist.png 		 LC 


50,000–499,999 Decrease2.svg [6]

Blue-capped motmot

Momotus momotaAQBIP08CA.jpg

M. coeruliceps
(Gould, 1836)		Northeastern Mexico
Momotus coeruliceps map.svg 		 LC 


20,000–49,999 Decrease2.svg [7]

Lesson's motmot

Lesson's motmot (Momotus lessonii lessonii) 2.jpg

M. lessonii
Lesson, R. P., 1842

Three subspecies
  • M. l. goldmani
  • M. l. exiguus
  • M. l. lessonii
Southern Mexico to western Panama
Momotus lessonii dist.png 		 LC 


500,000–4,999,999 Decrease2.svg [8]

Whooping motmot

Whooping Motmot (40682542231).jpg

M. subrufescens
Sclater, P. L., 1853

Four subspecies
  • M. s. subrufescens
  • M. s. spatha
  • M. s. osgoodi
  • M. s. argenticinctus
Central and South America
Momotus subrufescens dist.png 		 LC 


50,000-499,999 Steady2.svg [9]

Trinidad motmot

Blue-crowned Motmot back 2.jpg

M. bahamensis
(Swainson, 1838)		Trinidad and Tobago
Momotus bahamensis dist.png 		 LC 


Unknown Steady2.svg [10]

Amazonian motmot

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M. momota
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Nine subspecies
  • M. m. momota
  • M. m. microstephanus
  • M. m. ignobilis
  • M. m. nattereri
  • M. m. simplex
  • M. m. cametensis
  • M. m. perensis
  • M. m. marcgravianus
  • M. m. pilcomajensis
 Amazon rainforest
Momotus momota dist.png 		 LC 


Unknown Decrease2.svg [11]

Andean motmot

Andean motmot (Momotus aequatorialis aequatorialis) Las Tangaras.jpg

M. aequatorialis
Gould, 1858

Two subspecies
  • M. a. aequatorialis
  • M. a. chlorolaemus
 Andes
Momotus aequatorialis dist.png 		 LC 


Unknown Decrease2.svg [12]

Genus Baryphthengus – Cabanis & Heine, 1859 – 2 species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeIUCN status and estimated population
Rufous motmot

Rufous Motmot (25059655231).jpg

B. martii
(Spix, 1824)

Two subspecies
  • B. m. semirufus
  • B. m. martii
Central and South America
Baryphthengus martii dist.png 		 LC 


5,000,000–49,999,999 Decrease2.svg [13]

Rufous-capped motmot

Parque Estadual do Turvo Anderson Cristiano Hendgen (13).jpg

B. ruficapillus
(Vieillot, 1818)		Southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
Baryphthengus ruficapillus map.svg 		 LC 


Unknown Decrease2.svg [14]

Genus Electron – Gistel, 1848 – 2 species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeIUCN status and estimated population
Keel-billed motmot

Keel-billed Motmot - Sarapiqui - Costa Rica S4E0981 (26404351020).jpg

E. carinatum
(du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)		Southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica
Electron carinatum dist.png 		 VU 


1,500–7,000 Decrease2.svg [15]

Broad-billed motmot

Broad-billed Motmot 2.jpg

E. platyrhynchum
(Leadbeater, 1829)

Six subspecies
  • E. p. minus
  • E. p. platyrhynchum
  • E. p. colombianum
  • E. p. pyrrholaemum
  • E. p. orienticola
  • E. p. chlorophrys
Central and South America
Electron platyrhynchum dist.png 		 LC 


500,000–4,999,999 Decrease2.svg [16]

Genus Eumomota – Sclater, P. L., 1858 – 1 species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeIUCN status and estimated population
Turquoise-browed motmot

Turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa apiaster) Copan 2.jpg

E. superciliosa
(Sandbach, 1837)

Seven subspecies
  • E. s. bipartita
  • E. s. superciliosa
  • E. s. vanrossemi
  • E. s. sylvestris
  • E. s. apiaster
  • E. s. euroaustris
  • E. s. australis
Southern Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica
Eumomota superciliosa dist.png 		 LC 


500,000–4,999,999 Decrease2.svg [17]

Notes

  1. ↑ The IUCN follows the taxonomy proposed by the HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amazonian motmot</span> Species of bird

The Amazonian motmot is a colorful near-passerine bird in the family Momotidae. It is found in the Amazon lowlands and low Andean foothills from eastern Venezuela to eastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufous motmot</span> Species of bird

The rufous motmot is a near-passerine bird in the family Momotidae. It is found from northeastern Honduras south to western Ecuador, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil.

<i>Polyboroides</i> Genus of birds

Polyboroides is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. This genus has two recognized species found in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The two species are allopatric and restricted to the Afrotropical realm. They are generally known as harrier-hawks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufous-capped motmot</span> Species of bird

The rufous-capped motmot is a species of bird in the family Momotidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lesson's motmot</span> Species of bird

Lesson's motmot or the blue-diademed motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of southern Mexico to western Panama. This species and the blue-capped motmot, whooping motmot, Trinidad motmot, Amazonian motmot, and Andean motmot were all considered conspecific.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whooping motmot</span> Species of bird

The whooping motmot is a colorful near-passerine bird in the family Momotidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trinidad motmot</span> Species of bird

The Trinidad motmot is a colorful near-passerine bird endemic to the forests and woodlands of Trinidad and Tobago. This species and the blue-capped motmot, Lesson's motmot, whooping motmot, Amazonian motmot, and Andean motmot were all considered conspecific. Though found on both islands, this bird is more abundant in Tobago than it is in Trinidad.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andean motmot</span> Species of bird

The Andean motmot or highland motmot is a colorful near-passerine bird found from northern Colombia to western Bolivia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blue-capped motmot</span> Species of bird

The blue-capped motmot or blue-crowned motmot is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico. This species and the Lesson's Motmot, Whooping Motmot, Trinidad Motmot, Amazonian Motmot, and Andean Motmot were all considered conspecific. The IUCN uses blue-crowned as their identifier for this species; however, it was also the name used for the prior species complex.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rheiformes</span> Order of birds

Rheiformes is an order that contains the family Rheidae (rheas). It is in the infraclass Paleognathae, which contains all ratites. Extant members are found in South America. While the IOC World Bird List and the Clements Checklist categorise Rheiformes as its own order, the BirdLife Data Zone includes rheas, along with ostriches, tinamous, cassowaries, emu, and kiwis, in the order Struthioniformes. Of the two extant species of rheas recognized by the IUCN Red List, as of 2022, Rhea americana is listed as near threatened, while Rhea pennata is listed as least concern. From 2014 to 2022, the IUCN recognised Rhea tarapacensis as a separate species, and listed it as near threatened in its last assessment in 2020; in 2022, it was again recognised as a subspecies of R. pennata.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (July 2023). "Todies, motmots, bee-eaters". IOC World Bird List. v 13.2. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7". HBW and BirdLife International. 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Clements, James F.; Schulenberg, T. S.; Iliff, M. J.; Fredericks, T. A.; Gerbracht, J. A.; Lepage, Denis; Billerman, S. M.; Sullivan, B. L.; Wood, C. L. (2022). "The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022". Clements Checklist. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  4. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Hylomanes momotula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22682980A152231624. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682980A152231624.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Aspatha gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22682983A152200542. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682983A152200542.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Momotus mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22683001A163627056. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22683001A163627056.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  7. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Momotus coeruliceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T61634591A163627466. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61634591A163627466.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  8. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Momotus lessonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T61634649A163627947. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61634649A163627947.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  9. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Momotus subrufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T61634657A163628473. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61634657A163628473.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  10. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Momotus bahamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T61634940A95173793. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61634940A95173793.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  11. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Momotus momota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T61634607A95173087. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61634607A95173087.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  12. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Momotus aequatorialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22729189A95009151. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22729189A95009151.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  13. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Baryphthengus martii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22682995A163629009. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682995A163629009.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  14. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Baryphthengus ruficapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22682998A92972518. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682998A92972518.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  15. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Electron carinatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22682989A179184295. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682989A179184295.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  16. ↑ 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 7 October 2023.
  17. ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Eumomota superciliosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22682992A163630124. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682992A163630124.en . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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