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Date: 2022

Location: Costa Rica

Did you know?

The Rufous Motmot is the second largest of all Motmots in the Amazonian with length of 17-19 inches. It has Rufous with green upperparts and a large black face mask and a very long tail. The Rufous Motmot is distinguished from the Broad-billed Motmot by being larger, solid rufous underparts, and large black face mask

About the picture

These Motmot can sit motionless for a longtime. Rufous motmot occurs in the western Amazon Basin in southeastern Colombia through eastern Ecuador and Peru to northern Bolivia, and east into western Brazil. The rufous motmot is omnivorous. It has been documented eating many types of fruit, adult insects and their larva, arachnids including crustaceans, and small fish, lizards, and frogs. They nest in deep burrows in earthen banks and lays clutch size,

Fun Fact

Motmots are omnivorous and love eat insects and reptiles but they eat fruits