Whooping Motmot
Momotus subrufescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCoraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, and Allies)
- FamilyMomotidae (Motmots)
- GenusMomotus (Blue-crowned and Russet-crowned Motmots)
- SpeciesMomotus subrufescens (Whooping Motmot)
Closest Relatives at Parque Natural Metropolitano
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 9 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Whooping Motmot in Parque Natural Metropolitano?
About 24% of visitor-days record a Whooping Motmot sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano, based on 282 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Whooping Motmot in Parque Natural Metropolitano?
May has the highest sighting rate for Whooping Motmot in Parque Natural Metropolitano in our monthly data.