Trinidad Motmot
Momotus bahamensis(Swainson, WJ, 1838)
English (US) Trinidad Motmot
The Trinidad Motmot (Momotus bahamensis) 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: Trinidad and TobagoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Momotus bahamensis
- Family
- Momotidae (Motmots)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Trinidad Motmot
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Prionites Bahamensis
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1838)
- Type locality
- Bahama Islands, error = Trinidad.
- Original description
- Animals in Menageries. In: The Cabinet Cyclopædia conducted by the Rev. Dionysius Lardner p.332
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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