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Lesson's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)

Lesson's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)
Lesson's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)

About Lesson's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
  • Family: Motmots

Lesson's motmot or the blue-diademed motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of southern Mexico to western Panama. This species and the blue-capped motmot, whooping motmot, Trinidad motmot, Amazonian motmot, and Andean motmot were all considered conspecific.

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