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Roynato

Amazonian Motmot (Momotus momota)

When the sun light hits in the depths of the jungle, the creatures of the shadows show their true colors.
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Location
Southeast Brazil
Date taken
15 of Feb, 2025
Scientific name
Momotus momota
Equipment used
Nikon P950
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Reactions: Gregg Martin, flossiepip, ike61095 and 7 others
delia todd
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Isn't he beautiful!!!

A fabulous picture you've taken of this motmot Roy, very well done and thanks my friend.
 
Stanley Jones
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Wonderful frontal close-up of this spectacular large motmot with that red eye shining against its black mask. Top-marks Roynato! TFS!
 
ike61095
A colorful land does breed colorful birds! Wish you'd managed to capture its racket tail too. Many Tfs!
 

Media information

Category
Central & South America & Mexico
Added by
Roynato
Date added
View count
159
Comment count
11

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION COOLPIX P950
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
357.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500 second(s)
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
udu-4.jpg
File size
9.3 MB
Date taken
Sat, 15 February 2025 7:42 AM
Dimensions
4608px x 3423px

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