‘There’s a motmot’, our guide at Hanging Bridges near Arenal volcano in Costa Rica exclaimed. It was hiding up in the branches and the first photographs were miserable. By moving around the tree I managed to get a better shot. This seems to be a broad billed motmot, part of the motmot family.
These birds are closely related to the kingfisher, see the beak, and have long tails, unfortunately cut off in the photo. But see this one.
This was one of my favourite birds. I liked the way its tail ticked from side to side, like a pendulum going “mot..mot..”
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