Broad-billed Motmot
Electron platyrhynchum(Leadbeater, B, 1829)
English (US) Broad-billed Motmot
The Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) 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.
- Scientific name
- Electron platyrhynchum
- Family
- Momotidae (Motmots)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Broad-billed Motmot
- Described by
- (Leadbeater, B, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Electron platyrhynchum minus
- Electron platyrhynchum platyrhynchum
- Electron platyrhynchum colombianum
- Electron platyrhynchum pyrrholaemum
- Electron platyrhynchum orienticola
- Electron platyrhynchum chlorophrys
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Momotus platyrhynchus
- Described by
- (Leadbeater, B, 1829)
- Type locality
- Brazil, error, type locality fixed as western Ecuador by Oberholser, antea.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16, pt.1 p.92
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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