The Blue Crown Mot Mot is the most common of the Mot Mots, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru and throughout most countries east of the Andes and is also found on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Called "relojero" in Spanish meaning watchmaker, Because of its pendulous racquet tail that swings to and fro like a clock's pendulum, it is the most common and perhaps only Mot Mot currently in U.S. aviculture, thanks in part to continuing imports of small numbers from the 1980s up to 2006. The Mots Mots nest in the ground, digging long tunnels with their beaks into the sides of road cuts, as well as stream and river banks, at the end of which is their nesting chamber, where they lay 3-5 white, elliptical eggs. They have been bred in captivity in the U.S., but only sporadically. Courtesy of Emerald Forest Bird Gardens.



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