Burung tropis (Tropical Birds)
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Eumomota superciliosa
- epik
- 38 km/h
- Risiko rendah
National bird of El Salvador and Nicaragua. Pendulum-swings its racket tail to warn off rivals.
- Populasi
- 500,000–4,999,999 mature individuals, decreasing (small decline)
- Habitat
- Dry and moist tropical/subtropical forest edges, open woodland, dry shrubland, gallery forest, and degraded or agricultural land including plantations and rural gardens; sea level to about 1,400 m
- Fakta menarik
- Both sexes grow long, bare-shafted, racket-tipped tail feathers and perform a pendulum-like "wag-display" believed to signal to predators that they've already been spotted, making further pursuit pointless.
- Sebaran
- Central America and southeastern Mexico: resident in Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche, esp. Yucatán Peninsula), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica; extent of occurrence roughly 757,000 km2. Belize is unconfirmed.
- Makanan
- Mostly insects and other arthropods, plus small reptiles and occasional fruit; hunts by scanning from an exposed perch (wires, fences, low branches) and sallying down to seize prey
- Ukuran
- 0,34 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,2 tahun
