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title: "Breedsnavelmotmot"
description: "Electron platyrhynchum — Vogels. The broad-billed motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) is a fairly common Central and South American bird of the Momotidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/broad-billed-motmot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Breedsnavelmotmot

> Electron platyrhynchum — Vogels. The broad-billed motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) is a fairly common Central and South American bird of the Momotidae family.

- Scientific name: *Electron platyrhynchum*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 3211
- Wikidata: [Q942503](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942503)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2154](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2154)

## Names

- en: Broad-billed Motmot
- de: Plattschnabelmotmot
- es: Momoto picoancho
- fr: Motmot à bec large
- nl: Breedsnavelmotmot
- pt: Udu-de-bico-largo
- pl: Piłodziób szerokodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1706), PA (766), EC (247), CO (86), BR (59), PE (31), NI (18), BO (8), HN (5)

## Summary

The broad-billed motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) is a fairly common Central and South American bird of the Momotidae family. They are nonmigratory, sedentary birds that are most frequently seen in singles or pairs. There exist six subspecies of the broad-billed motmot.

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

## Photo

![Breedsnavelmotmot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/broad-billed-motmot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193325203

## Machine access

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