Momotus momota (bird)

Mass: 10.6 g

Diet: carnivore-insectivore based on Ramírez-Albores and Navarro-Sigüenza 2011; frugivore based on Stouffer and Bierregaard Jr 2007; insectivore-frugivore based on Wunderle Jr et al. 2006; omnivore based on Canaday 1997, Robinson et al. 2000, Feeley 2003, Henriques et al. 2003, Anderson and Naka 2011, and da Silva et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.10 to 4.05% (median 0.79%)

Latitudinal range: -22.9° to 18.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (15), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)

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Found in 26 samples

Belize: Blue Creek Village (Field Station)

Bolivia: Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

Brazil: Tapajós National Forest (forest), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Site KM41, Rio Paraná (cerrado, dry season), Palmas, Uberabinha River, Pontal do Paranapanema, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, AC1, Federal University of Acre, Guaribas Biological Reserve (fragment III), Reserva Biológica Guaribas (Sema 1), Reserva Biológica Guaribas (Sema 2)

Colombia: Mirití Paraná River

Costa Rica: Finca La Bella, University of Georgia San Luis Research Station, Monteverde

Ecuador: Tiputini Biodiversity Station (Harpia, 2001)

Guatemala: Puerto Barrios (mist netted birds)

Honduras: Centro de Investigacíon y Jardín Botánico Lancetilla

Mexico: Palenque National Park (unconnected sites), Finca Irlanda (winter 2001)

Panama: Chiva Chiva Road (late shrub)

Peru: West of Pucallpa

Venezuela: Imataca Forest Reserve Unit 5

Size measurements:
133 mmN = 1
112 mmN = 1

See also Momotus, Momotus aequatorialis, Momotus mexicanus