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title: "Blue-capped Motmot"
description: "Momotus coeruliceps — Birds. The blue-capped motmot (Momotus coeruliceps) or blue-crowned motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-capped-motmot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-capped Motmot

> Momotus coeruliceps — Birds. The blue-capped motmot (Momotus coeruliceps) or blue-crowned motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Momotus coeruliceps*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1107
- Wikidata: [Q3325207](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3325207)
- iNaturalist taxon: [509027](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/509027)

## Names

- en: Blue-capped Motmot
- de: Blauscheitelmotmot
- es: Momoto corona azul
- fr: Motmot à tête bleue
- nl: Blauwkruinmotmot
- pl: Piłodziób modrogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1046)

## Summary

The blue-capped motmot (Momotus coeruliceps) or blue-crowned motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico.  This species and the Lesson's Motmot, Whooping Motmot, Trinidad Motmot, Amazonian Motmot, and Andean Motmot were all considered conspecific. The IUCN uses blue-crowned as their identifier for this species; however, it was also the name used for the prior species complex.
It is the only species in the former complex where the central crown is blue. There is a black eyemask. The call is a low owl-like ooo-doot. Blue-crowned motmots have a body length ranging from 38…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-capped_motmot

## Photo

![Blue-capped Motmot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-capped-motmot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Juan J. Morales-Trejo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/374440774

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-capped-motmot?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).