Keel-billed Motmot
Electron carinatum(Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1847)
English (US) Keel-billed Motmot
The Keel-billed Motmot (Electron carinatum) 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: Caribbean slope of southeastern Mexico to northeastern Costa RicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Electron carinatum
- Family
- Momotidae (Motmots)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Keel-billed Motmot
- Described by
- (Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Prionites carinatus
- Described by
- (Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1847)
- Type locality
- Guatemala.
- Original description
- Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles 14 pt2 p.108
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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