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title: "Rufous Motmot"
description: "Baryphthengus martii — Uccelli. The rufous motmot (Baryphthengus martii) is a near-passerine bird in the family Momotidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/rufous-motmot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rufous Motmot

> Baryphthengus martii — Uccelli. The rufous motmot (Baryphthengus martii) is a near-passerine bird in the family Momotidae.

- Scientific name: *Baryphthengus martii*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 3074
- Wikidata: [Q188202](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188202)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2163](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2163)

## Names

- en: Rufous Motmot
- de: Zimtbrustmotmot
- es: Barranquero pechicastaño
- fr: Motmot roux
- nl: Rosse motmot
- pt: Juruva-ruiva
- pl: Piłodziób rdzawy

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1169), EC (673), PA (641), CO (196), PE (56), BR (13), NI (8), HN (5)

## Summary

The rufous motmot (Baryphthengus martii) is a near-passerine bird in the family Momotidae. It is found from northeastern Honduras south to western Ecuador, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil.

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

## Photo

![Rufous Motmot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-motmot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Quitmeyer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145579901

## Machine access

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