Identification: Black (Common?) Bird with Blue Dot on Chest that Jumps and Whoops (1 Viewer)

[whekman]

Dear members,
I have recently been to Colombia, to Tayrona National Park. Around dusk on the way back out of the forest a few black birds (resembling mocking birds in their overall size and appearance, maybe slightly bigger) were waiting for us to come out of the woods, jumping on the path making a whoop sound and showing a blue shiny dot on the chest (if I recall correctly). I know for sure that the birds were black and made this specific whoop sound, and had a shiny blue patch either on the chest or the wings (this I unfortunately cant remember clearly) - here is a sound recording of the sound (from 1:00 till 2:00 you hear this whoop). I imagine it is a very common bird as I came across it again watching this documentary on native people in the Amazon. Does anyone know the name of this bird or have any suggestions in what direction to search? My girlfriend (who works as a bird taxidermist) and I have been searching for a while now for the name of this bird but so far have no luck. Any help is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Willem

 

[delia todd]

Hi Willem and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

 

[01101001]

Merlin's Sound ID returns no results; BirdNET says human or owl; below is a short clip of the said sound, so I can't help

Welcome to the forum, anyway.

I tried Merlin's Step by Step ID. It returned Whooping Motmot - BirdForum Opus. Correct?

BTW, the whoop in the film is a different whoop to the one of the motmot, although they do sound similar.

EDIT: I guess it would appear dark 'around dusk on the way back out of the forest':

ML608486641 - Whooping Motmot (Whooping) - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML608486641; © Euclides "Kilo" Campos; Colón, Panama

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ML593587421 - Whooping Motmot - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML593587421; © Phil Kenny; Colón, Panama

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ML590902031 - Whooping Motmot - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML590902031; © Kisa Weeman; Manabí, Ecuador

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EDIT 2: Jumping action:

ML362760111 Whooping Motmot Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML362760111; © Lisa Brunetti; Manabí, Ecuador

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EDIT 3: Drooped wings, raised tail (somewhat like a Mockingbird):

ML409729161 Whooping Motmot (Whooping) Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML409729161; © Jay McGowan; Magdalena, Colombia

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[THE_FERN]

The sound is a motmot sound (albeit humans mimicking them I assume), and the species there is whooping motmot.

 

[whekman]

Good point about the dark appearance during dusk. After some further searching we think we have identified the bird: it (most likely) is a Blue-Throated Motmot [clip, clip]. Unfortunately we cant find videos of the bird jumping or photos of the bird around dusk. Maybe one day I can make a video and photos myself Thank you for the help!

 

[01101001]

Blue-Throated Motmot

ranges from extreme southern Mexico to Honduras

Among the 578 species present in Tayrona National Park, Whooping Motmot - BirdForum Opus is the only motmot you can see; the 54th most common bird out of a total of 466 that you could see there today.

 

[njlarsen]

Funny, without hearing the sound I was thinking Carib Grackle based on the description. I also agree that a non-black bird can look very dark by the end of the day.
Niels