Lesson's motmot
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Lesson's motmot
| image = Lesson's motmot (Momotus lessonii lessonii) 2.jpg
| image_caption = M. l. lessonii
Heredia, Costa Rica
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = BirdLife International | title = Momotus lessonii | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T61634649A95173340 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2016 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/61634649/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61634649A95173340.en | access-date = 14 January 2018| doi-access = free }}
| genus = Momotus
| species = lessonii
| authority = Lesson, 1842
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = See text
| range_map = Momotus lessonii dist.png
}}
File:Lesson's motmot (Momotus lessonii lessonii) Los Tarrales 2.jpg
Lesson's motmot (Momotus lessonii) or the blue-diademed motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of southern Mexico to western Panama. This species and the blue-capped motmot, whooping motmot, Trinidad motmot, Amazonian motmot, and Andean motmot were all considered conspecific.
Description
The central crown is black and surrounded by a blue band. There is a black eyemask. The call is a low owl-like ooo-doot.
These birds often sit still, and in their dense forest habitat can be difficult to see, despite their size. They eat small prey such as insects and lizards, and will also regularly take fruit.
Like most of the Coraciiformes, motmots nest in tunnels in banks, laying about three or four white eggs.