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Broad-billed Motmot

Electron platyrhynchum
(Leadbeater, B, 1829)
Momoto Picoancho
Udu-de-bico-largo
Family: Momotidae
Order: Coraciiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Momotus platyrhynchus.

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Foto
Photography ID: 639276
  Adult
Reserva El Copal
Cartago
Costa Rica
03/30/2025
Eduardo Nadal
Foto
Photography ID: 575735
  Adult
Puerto viejo de sarapiqui
Heredia
Costa Rica
02/03/2024
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 574179
  Adult
Guápiles
Limón
Costa Rica
02/04/2024
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 572256
  Adult
La Fortuna
Alajuela
Costa Rica
02/01/2024
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 314198
  Adult
La Fortuna
Alajuela
Costa Rica
01/22/2019
Silvina Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 264347
  Adult
La Fortuna
Alajuela
Costa Rica
01/06/2018
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 249440
  Adult
El Castillo del Arenal
Alajuela
Costa Rica
01/05/2018
Daniela Espinosa
Foto
Photography ID: 199950
  Adult
Guápiles
Limón
Costa Rica
02/28/2017
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 52165
  Adult
Reserva El Copal
Cartago
Costa Rica
05/18/2014
Luis Vargas
Foto
Photography ID: 52164
  Adult
Reserva El Copal
Cartago
Costa Rica
05/18/2014
Luis Vargas
Foto
Photography ID: 19559
  Adult
Sarapiqui
Heredia
Costa Rica
01/21/2013
Rosana Ursino



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
230529430/03/2025Costa RicaCartagoReserva El CopalEduardo Nadal
200661304/02/2024Costa RicaLimónDonde Cope, GuápilesCarlos Schmidt
201056303/02/2024Costa RicaHerediaTico rainforest lodge, Puerto viejo de sarapiquiCarlos Schmidt
198020201/02/2024Costa RicaAlajuelaArenal Observatory Lodge, La FortunaCarlos Schmidt
92688822/02/2019Costa RicaAlajuelaLa FortunaPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
91791922/01/2019Costa RicaAlajuelaVolcan Arenal, La FortunaJulian Uriel Collado
88005222/01/2019Costa RicaAlajuelaVolcan Arenal, La FortunaSilvina Collado
75513306/01/2018Costa RicaAlajuelaVolcan Arenal, La FortunaLuis Cesar Tejo
67953006/01/2018Costa RicaAlajuelaEl Castillo del Arenal2Luis Cesar Tejo
67142606/01/2018Costa RicaAlajuelaEl Castillo del Arenal1Daniela Espinosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.