Blue-throated Motmot
Aspatha gularis(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1840)
English (US) Blue-throated Motmot
The Blue-throated Motmot (Aspatha gularis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Momotidae (Motmots) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: oak-pine highlands of southern Mexico (Oaxaca) to HondurasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aspatha gularis
- Family
- Momotidae (Motmots)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-throated Motmot
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Prionites gularis
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1840)
- Type locality
- Guatemala.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 3 p.130
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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