What is Turquoise-browed motmot?
{{Speciesbox | name = Turquoise -browed motmot | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22682992/0 |title=''Eumomota superciliosa'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> | image = Turquoise-browed Motmot (16423222357).jpg | genus = Eumomota | parent_authority = [[Philip Sclater|P.L. Sclater]], 1858 | species = superciliosa | authority = (Sandbach, 1837) }} The '''turquoise-browed motmot''' (''Eumomota superciliosa'') is a [[bird]] of the [[motmot]] family. It lives in [[Central America]], from south-east [[Mexico]] (mostly the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]) to [[Costa Rica]]. The turquoise-browed motmot is a colourful bird, mostly turquoise, green and orange. It is common and not in danger. It lives in fairly open [[habitat]]s such as on the edges of forests and [[scrubland]]. The motmots live in the [[tropical]] [[forests]] of Central America. They are brightly coloured with a strong beak. They have a signature tail with two bare feathers ending in tufts, just like this bird. This effect is got by the tail feathers having no barbs along the middle section.<ref>Murphy, Troy G. 2007. [http://springerlink.com/content/qu46x43374262488/ Racketed tail of the male and female turquoise-browed motmot: male but not female tail length correlates with pairing success, performance, and reproductive success] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121216144646/http://springerlink.com/content/qu46x43374262488/ |date=2012-12-16 }} ''Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology'' '''61''': 911-918.</ref> This motmot has other local names. Itis called ''Torogoz'' in [[El Salvador]] and ''Guardabarranco'' in [[Nicaragua]]. It is the national bird of these two countries. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons-inline|Eumomota superciliosa}} * [http://www.trinity.edu/tmurphy/trinity/motmot.html Motmot Research, Troy G. Murphy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603140