Aspatha gularis
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The blue-throated motmot (Aspatha gularis) is a species of bird in the family Momotidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. The blue-throated motmot is monotypic. It apparently has no close relatives.
The blue-throated motmot is 25.5 to 28.0 cm (10.0 to 11.0 in) long and weighs 56.0 to 67.3 g (1.98 to 2.37 oz). It has a long, graduated, tail that in contrast to that of most other motmots does not have racquet tips. The side of the adult's head is ochre with a black "ear" spot. It is mostly green above and paler green below. The throat is blue with a black spot just below it. The juvenile is duller and the green of the back is washed with olive.
The blue-throated motmot is found from Oaxaca and Chiapas in Mexico south and east through Guatemala and a bit of El Salvador to Honduras. It inhabits montane evergreen and pine forest of medium to high humidity. In elevation it ranges from 1,300 to 3,000 m (4,300 to 9,800 ft) in Mexico but in Honduras it is not found below 1,800 m (5,900 ft).
The blue-throated motmot forages by plucking insects, especially beetles... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Motmot sighting in El Triunfo on a given day, based on 64 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 89th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Motmot in El Triunfo on a given day, against about 10% in May and October–February, the lowest months. That is one of El Triunfo's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 420 mm in June. June has too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-throated Motmot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only El Triunfo, in our data
El Triunfo is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-throated Motmot sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Momotidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-throated Motmot that you can see in El Triunfo (family Momotidae, Motmots) are Lesson's Motmot (about 50%), Tody Motmot (about 30%) and Turquoise-browed Motmot (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-throated Motmot is recorded against all the birds logged in El Triunfo (64 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
