About Momotus subrufescens P.L.Sclater, 1853
Whooping motmot (scientific name Momotus subrufescens P.L.Sclater, 1853) has the following physical description. Its back and wings are olive-green, and its underparts are dull brown. It has a long green to blue tail, which holds extended feathers with racquet-shaped tips that are blue with black ends. The bird's black crown is surrounded by a blue band, and it has a black eyemask bordered with turquoise. Twenty-seven specimens of the nominate whooping motmot weighed between 75 and 124 g (2.6 to 4.4 oz).
This species has two separate, disjunct populations. The nominate subspecies occurs from eastern Panama to northern and western Colombia. The subspecies M. s. spatha is found only on the Guajira Peninsula of northern Colombia. Subspecies M. s. osgoodi ranges from eastern Colombia into northwestern Venezuela. Subspecies M. s. agenticinctus is a separate population found in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. The whooping motmot lives in multiple forest types, including lowland evergreen primary forest, lowland deciduous primary forest, forest edges, and secondary forest.
