Basic Information
Scientific classification
- Chinese name: Long-beaked Green Gorilla
- Scientific name: Electron carinatum, Keel-billed Motmot
- Classification: Climbing birds
- Family and genus: Coraciiformes, Sangharamae, Species spp.
Vital signs data
- Body length: Approximately 32 centimeters
- Weight: No verification information available.
- Lifespan: No verification data available.
Significant features
Distribution and Habitat
It is distributed in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
They inhabit open environments, such as forest edges and jungles.
Appearance
It is a small to medium-sized climbing bird, with a body length of 32 cm. It has a long, wide, slightly downward-curving beak with serrated edges. The two forward-facing toes are partially fused at the base. The tail is long, with the central tail feathers being particularly long. Near the tip, a section consists only of the shaft, causing the tip to form a separate small feather, creating a racket-like shape, which is its most distinctive feature.
Detailed introduction
The scientific name of the Keel-billed Motmot is Electron carinatum, and its specific habits are unknown.
The Rump-billed Greentail feeds on insects, worms, lizards, various invertebrates, and small vertebrates, and sometimes also eats fruit. While waiting for prey, it can remain motionless for a long time, then suddenly pounces. On perches, its tail often swings from side to side or tilts at an angle. It nests in burrows dug along water's edge or in sandy areas using its downward-curving beak, laying 3-4 white eggs, which are incubated and raised by both sexes. Due to the rapid disappearance of its habitat from extensive deforestation, the species' distribution is now sporadic, making it one of the species experiencing a rapid decline in numbers.
Listed as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 ver 3.1.
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