---
title: "Piłodziób wyżynny"
description: "Momotus aequatorialis — Ptaki. The Andean motmot or highland motmot (Momotus aequatorialis) is a colorful near-passerine bird found from northern Colombia to western Bolivia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/andean-motmot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Piłodziób wyżynny

> Momotus aequatorialis — Ptaki. The Andean motmot or highland motmot (Momotus aequatorialis) is a colorful near-passerine bird found from northern Colombia to western Bolivia.

- Scientific name: *Momotus aequatorialis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 5317
- Wikidata: [Q10428555](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10428555)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144645](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144645)

## Names

- en: Andean Motmot
- de: Hochlandmotmot
- es: Momoto andina
- fr: Motmot d'Équateur
- nl: Hooglandmotmot
- pl: Piłodziób wyżynny

## Countries with the most observations

CO (4148), PE (297), EC (191), BO (15)

## Summary

The Andean motmot or highland motmot (Momotus aequatorialis) is a colorful near-passerine bird found from northern Colombia to western Bolivia.

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

## Photo

![Piłodziób wyżynny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/andean-motmot/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MomotusAequatorialisKeulemans.jpg

## Machine access

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