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The turquoise-browed motmot is the national bird of El Salvador. This is a list of the bird species recorded in El Salvador. The avifauna of El Salvador included a total of 596 species as of April 2024, according to Bird Checklists of the World. [1] Of them, 138 are rare or accidental and six have been introduced by humans.
The largest concentration of motmots reside in Honduras and Guatemala, with a total of 7 subspecies. It is also the national bird of Nicaragua and El Salvador. There is also evidence that the male tail, which is slightly larger than the female tail, functions as a sexual signal in the turquoise-browed motmot.
It is the national bird of both El Salvador and Nicaragua, where it is known as torogoz and guardabarranco respectively. [2] [3] A torogoz in Joya de Cerén Mayan ruins in El Salvador. The bird is 34 cm (13 in) long and weighs 65 g (2.3 oz). It has a mostly grey-blue body with a rufous back and belly.
Important Bird Areas of El Salvador (3 P) Pages in category "Birds of El Salvador" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total.
White-bellied chachalaca Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Cracidae Genus: Ortalis Species: O. leucogastra Binomial name Ortalis leucogastra (Gould, 1843) The white-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas ...
Jiquilisco Bay's mangrove-lined inlets and bay host the largest abundance of coastal-marine birds in the El Salvador, many of which are threatened or endangered. Over 80 species of migratory birds visit the area to feed on the bay's fish, which include species such as snook, red snapper and corvina.
Some species hold only an "unofficial" status. The Official status column is marked as Yes only if the bird currently holds the position of the official national bird. Additionally, the list includes birds that were once official but are no longer, as well as birds recognized as national symbols or for other symbolic roles.
Birds of El Salvador (1 C, 75 P) G. ... Hummingbird species of Central America (8 C, 57 P) I. Important Bird Areas of Central America (7 C) N. Birds of Nicaragua (1 C ...