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| | Research & Resources: Species Profiles - Blue-Crowned Motmot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Similar to all members of the motmot genus, the blue-crowned motmot has a large head with down curved, short, broad beaks, which are serrated along the upper edge. |
 | | Motmots are found in Mexico, Central America, and the majority of South America in rainforests, second-growth forests, forest edges, shady gardens, and shaded coffee farms. |
 | | Motmots dig their nests in the shape of tunnels 5-14 feet long and 4 inches in diameter with a nesting chamber at the end, which is 10 by 14 inches in length. |
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