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[[Biology:Motmot|Motmot]]s are birds in the family Momotidae in the [[Biology:Order|order]] [[Biology:Coraciiformes|Coraciiformes]]. There are currently 14 extant [[Biology:Species|species]] of motmots recognised by the [[Organization:International Ornithologists' Union|International Ornithologists' Union]].<ref name="IOC" />

== Conventions ==

Conservation status codes listed follow the [[Organization:International Union for Conservation of Nature|International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) [[Organization:IUCN Red List|Red List of Threatened Species]]. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the motmot's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IOC World Bird List for that species unless otherwise noted. Population estimates are of the number of mature individuals and are taken from the IUCN Red List.

This list follows the [[Biology:Taxonomic treatment|taxonomic treatment]] (designation and order of species) and nomenclature (scientific and common names) of version 13.2 of the IOC World Bird List.<ref name="IOC" /> Where the taxonomy proposed by the IOC World Bird List conflicts with the taxonomy followed by the IUCN{{efn|The IUCN follows the taxonomy proposed by the HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist.<ref name="BirdLife" />}} or the 2023 edition of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World,<ref name="ClementsChecklist" /> the disagreement is noted next to the species's common name (for nomenclatural disagreements) or scientific name (for taxonomic disagreements).

== Classification ==
The [[Organization:International Ornithologists' Union|International Ornithologists' Union]] (IOU) recognises 14 species of motmots in six genera.<ref name="IOC" /> This list does not include hybrid species, extinct prehistoric species, or putative species not yet accepted by the IOU.

'''Family Momotidae'''

* Genus ''[[Biology:Hylomanes|Hylomanes]]'': one species
* Genus ''Aspatha'': one species
* Genus ''[[Biology:Momotus|Momotus]]'': seven species
* Genus ''[[Biology:Baryphthengus|Baryphthengus]]'': two species
* Genus ''[[Physics:Electron|Electron]]'': two species
* Genus ''[[Biology:Eumomota|Eumomota]]'': one species
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== Motmots ==
{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Biology:Hylomanes|Hylomanes]] |authority-name=Lichtenstein, M. H. C. |authority-year=1839 |species-count=1 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Tody motmot|Tody motmot]] |binomial=H. momotula
|image=File:Hylomanes-momotula-001.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Lichtenstein, M. H. C. |authority-year=1839
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| ''H. m. chiapensis''
| ''H. m. momotula''
| ''H. m. obscurus''
}}
|range=Southern Mexico to northwestern Colombia |range-image=File:Hylomanes momotula dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=20,000–49,999
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Hylomanes-momotula" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=Aspatha |authority-name=Sharpe |authority-year=1892 |species-count=1 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Blue-throated motmot|Blue-throated motmot]] |binomial=A. gularis
|image=File:Blue-throated Motmot iNaturalist.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Lafresnaye |authority-year=1840 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Southern Mexico to Honduras |range-image=File:Aspatha gularis dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=20,000–49,999
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Aspatha-gularis" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Biology:Momotus|Momotus]] |authority-name=[[Biography:Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] |authority-year=1760 |species-count=7 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Russet-crowned motmot|Russet-crowned motmot]] |binomial=M. mexicanus
|image=File:Russet-crowned Mot-mot - Mexico S4E8487.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Swainson |authority-year=1827
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Four subspecies |bullets=on
| ''M. m. vanrossemi''
| ''M. m. mexicanus''
| ''M. m. saturatus''
| ''M. m. castaneiceps''
}}
|range=Northwestern Mexico to southwestern Guatemala |range-image=File:Momotus mexicanus dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=50,000–499,999
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-mexicanus" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Blue-capped motmot|Blue-capped motmot]] |binomial=M. coeruliceps
|image=File:Momotus momotaAQBIP08CA.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gould |authority-year=1836 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Northeastern Mexico |range-image=File:Momotus coeruliceps map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=20,000–49,999
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-coeruliceps" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Lesson's motmot|Lesson's motmot]] |binomial=M. lessonii
|image=File:Lesson's motmot (Momotus lessonii lessonii) 2.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Lesson, R. P. |authority-year=1842
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| ''M. l. goldmani''
| ''M. l. exiguus''
| ''M. l. lessonii''
}}
|range=Southern Mexico to western Panama  |range-image=File:Momotus lessonii dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=500,000–4,999,999
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-lessonii" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Whooping motmot|Whooping motmot]] |binomial=M. subrufescens
|image=File:Whooping Motmot (40682542231).jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Sclater, P. L. |authority-year=1853
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Four subspecies |bullets=on
| ''M. s. subrufescens''
| ''M. s. spatha''
| ''M. s. osgoodi''
| ''M. s. argenticinctus''
}}
|range=Central and South America |range-image=File:Momotus subrufescens dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=50,000-499,999
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-subrufescens" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Trinidad motmot|Trinidad motmot]] |binomial=M. bahamensis
|image=File:Blue-crowned Motmot back 2.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Swainson |authority-year=1838 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Trinidad and Tobago |range-image=File:Momotus bahamensis dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{steady|Population steady}}<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-bahamensis" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Amazonian motmot|Amazonian motmot]] |binomial=M. momota
|image=File:500px photo (94339109), crop.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1766 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Nine subspecies |bullets=on
| ''M. m. momota''
| ''M. m. microstephanus''
| ''M. m. ignobilis''
| ''M. m. nattereri''
| ''M. m. simplex''
| ''M. m. cametensis''
| ''M. m. perensis''
| ''M. m. marcgravianus''
| ''M. m. pilcomajensis''
}}
|range=[[Place:Amazon rainforest|Amazon rainforest]] |range-image=File:Momotus momota dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-momota" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Andean motmot|Andean motmot]] |binomial=M. aequatorialis
|image=File:Andean motmot (Momotus aequatorialis aequatorialis) Las Tangaras.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gould |authority-year=1858
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| ''M. a. aequatorialis''
| ''M. a. chlorolaemus''
}}
|range=[[Place:Andes|Andes]] |range-image=File:Momotus aequatorialis dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-aequatorialis" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Biology:Baryphthengus|Baryphthengus]] |authority-name=Cabanis & Heine |authority-year=1859 |species-count=2 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Rufous motmot|Rufous motmot]] |binomial=B. martii
|image=File:Rufous Motmot (25059655231).jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=[[Biography:Johann Baptist von Spix|Spix]] |authority-year=1824 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
| ''B. m. semirufus''
| ''B. m. martii''
}}
|range=Central and South America |range-image=File:Baryphthengus martii dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=5,000,000–49,999,999
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Baryphthengus-martii" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Rufous-capped motmot|Rufous-capped motmot]] |binomial=B. ruficapillus
|image=File:Parque Estadual do Turvo Anderson Cristiano Hendgen (13).jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Vieillot |authority-year=1818 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina  |range-image=File:Baryphthengus ruficapillus map.svg |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=Unknown
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Baryphthengus-ruficapillus" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Physics:Electron|Electron]] |authority-name=Gistel |authority-year=1848 |species-count=2 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Keel-billed motmot |binomial=E. carinatum
|image=File:Keel-billed Motmot - Sarapiqui - Costa Rica S4E0981 (26404351020).jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=du Bus de Gisignies |authority-year=1847 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica |range-image=File:Electron carinatum dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=VU |population=1,500–7,000
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Electron-carinatum" />
}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=Broad-billed motmot |binomial=E. platyrhynchum
|image=File:Broad-billed Motmot 2.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Leadbeater |authority-year=1829 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Six subspecies |bullets=on
| ''E. p. minus''
| ''E. p. platyrhynchum''
| ''E. p. colombianum''
| ''E. p. pyrrholaemum''
| ''E. p. orienticola''
| ''E. p. chlorophrys''
}}
|range=Central and South America |range-image=File:Electron platyrhynchum dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=500,000–4,999,999
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Electron-platyrhynchum" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

{{Species table |no-note=y |genus=[[Biology:Eumomota|Eumomota]] |authority-name=Sclater, P. L. |authority-year=1858 |species-count=1 |no-ecology=yes}}
{{Species table/row |no-ecology=yes
|name=[[Biology:Turquoise-browed motmot|Turquoise-browed motmot]] |binomial=E. superciliosa
|image=File:Turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa apiaster) Copan 2.jpg |image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Sandbach |authority-year=1837 |authority-not-original=yes
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Seven subspecies |bullets=on
| ''E. s. bipartita''
| ''E. s. superciliosa''
| ''E. s. vanrossemi''
| ''E. s. sylvestris''
| ''E. s. apiaster''
| ''E. s. euroaustris''
| ''E. s. australis''
}}
|range=Southern Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica |range-image=File:Eumomota superciliosa dist.png |range-image-size=144px
|iucn-status=LC |population=500,000–4,999,999
|direction={{decrease|Population declining}}<ref name="iucn-status-Eumomota-superciliosa" />
}}
{{Species table/end}}

==Notes==
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== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="BirdLife">{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7 |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/taxonomy |access-date=7 October 2023 |publisher=HBW and BirdLife International |archive-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925132236/http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/taxonomy |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="ClementsChecklist">{{Cite web |last1=Clements |first1=James F. |last2=Schulenberg |first2=T. S. |last3=Iliff |first3=M. J. |last4=Fredericks |first4=T. A. |last5=Gerbracht |first5=J. A. |last6=Lepage |first6=Denis |last7=Billerman |first7=S. M. |last8=Sullivan |first8=B. L. |last9=Wood |first9=C. L. |date=2022 |title=The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022 |url=https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Clements Checklist}}</ref>

<ref name="IOC">{{cite web |date=July 2023 |title=Todies, motmots, bee-eaters |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/todies/ |access-date=7 October 2023 |website=IOC World Bird List |version=v 13.2 |editor-last1=Gill |editor-first1=F. |editor-last2=Donsker |editor-first2=D. |editor-last3=Rasmussen |editor-first3=P.}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Hylomanes-momotula">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Hylomanes momotula'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T22682980A152231624 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682980A152231624.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Aspatha-gularis">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Aspatha gularis'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T22682983A152200542 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682983A152200542.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-mexicanus">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Momotus mexicanus'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T22683001A163627056 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22683001A163627056.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-coeruliceps">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Momotus coeruliceps'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T61634591A163627466 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61634591A163627466.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-lessonii">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Momotus lessonii'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T61634649A163627947 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61634649A163627947.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-subrufescens">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Momotus subrufescens'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T61634657A163628473 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61634657A163628473.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-bahamensis">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Momotus bahamensis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T61634940A95173793 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61634940A95173793.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-momota">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Momotus momota'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T61634607A95173087 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61634607A95173087.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Momotus-aequatorialis">{{Cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |title=''Momotus aequatorialis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22729189A95009151 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22729189A95009151.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Baryphthengus-martii">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Baryphthengus martii'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T22682995A163629009 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682995A163629009.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Baryphthengus-ruficapillus">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Baryphthengus ruficapillus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22682998A92972518 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682998A92972518.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Electron-carinatum">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Electron carinatum'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T22682989A179184295 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682989A179184295.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Electron-platyrhynchum">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Electron platyrhynchum'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T22682986A163629547 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682986A163629547.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iucn-status-Eumomota-superciliosa">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Eumomota superciliosa'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T22682992A163630124 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22682992A163630124.en |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

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