Amazonian Motmot

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Male Amazonian motmot on a cluster of palm fruit.

(Plate 57.)

Artist

Name:: Descourtilz, Jean-Théodore
Dates:: 179?-1855
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Callier, Jean Étienne Joseph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Natural History Museum Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Oiseaux brillans du Brésil
Author:: Descourtilz, Jean Théodore
Publisher:: Paris: 1834
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Description:

Plate showing an Amazonian motmot (Momotus momota), a tropical bird in the family Momotidae, found in the Amazon rainforest and shown here perched on the branch of a palm tree.

The caption reads in the original French: Momot Houtou mâle, sur une portion de régime ou grappe de fruits du Palmiste.

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