Rufous Motmot

Baryphthengus martii

Second-largest motmot. Sits deep in Amazonian understory like a painted statue until something moves, then hits it.

Population: 5,000,000-49,999,999 mature individuals ("fairly common"), decreasing (IUCN/Partners in Flight 2019 assessment, published 2020)
Habitat: Humid lowland and hill evergreen forest, both primary and secondary growth; favors tall forest along rivers and streams, generally in the shaded midstory, from near sea level up to about 1,400-1,600 m elevation
Fun fact: The Rufous Motmot is the second-largest member of the motmot family and often follows swarms of army ants, snapping up insects and other small prey the ants flush out of the leaf litter.
Range: Northeastern Honduras and Nicaragua south through Costa Rica and Panama into Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, and separately in the Amazonian foothills/lowlands of eastern Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil
Diet: Omnivorous: fruit plus a wide range of animal prey including large insects and larvae, spiders, crustaceans, small lizards, frogs, and occasionally small fish; typically sallies from a quiet perch, and often follows army-ant swarms to catch prey flushed by the ants
Size: 0.44 m

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