Coraciiformes / Momotidae / Electron

Broad-billed Motmot

Electron platyrhynchum

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Electron platyrhynchum chlorophrys

Rondônia (race?), Mato Grosso northeastward to northern Pará (central Brazil south of the Amazon River)
Electron platyrhynchum colombianum

northern Colombia (humid lowlands north of the Andes)
Electron platyrhynchum minus

far northeastern Guatemala to northern Colombia (lower Cauca Valley)
Electron platyrhynchum orienticola

Amazonas and Acre (western Amazonian Brazil)
Electron platyrhynchum platyrhynchum

western Colombia and western Ecuador
Electron platyrhynchum pyrrholaemum

eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.