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Location

Lapa Rios, Osa Peninsula
Costa Rica

Metadata

Make Nikon D2X
Lens Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200 mm f/2.8G   at 300 mm
Exposure 1/320, f/2.8, ISO 800 
Image size 469 x 600 pixels

IOC Names

Order  Coraciiformes   Family  Momotidae

Deutsch   Dutch  *Blauwkapmotmot
Italian   Spanish  

Comments

Motmots have tail feathers which look like pendulums which the bird moves from side to side. The barbs near the end of the two central tail feathers fall off during preening or abrasion with substrates and this is the origin of the racket shape of the tail . The juveniles have complete central feathers.




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    09/01/2006

Blue-crowned Motmot
Momotus coeruliceps
Motmot à tête bleue

Jean-Michel PAULUS