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Blue-crowned motmots are large birds that are fairly similar to the broad-billed motmot. They have characteristic long tails with a pair of 'flags' or 'banners' at the end of the tail. Motmots typically perch quietly and swoop down on insects, lizards, frogs, or sometimes small birds. I took these pictures near Gamboa, Panama, and in southeastern Peru. The portrait is of a bird we caught in a mist-net and photographed before releasing it. |
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