The Amazonian Motmot has a green body, orange underparts, a black eye mask, and a blue crown. It sits on forest perches and may wag its tail from side to side.
It has a green body, orange underparts, a black mask through the eyes, and a blue crown. Other motmots in its range have orange heads, making the blue crown a useful clue.
It occurs in the understory and middle levels of humid and semi-humid forest and forest edge. It often sits quietly on an exposed perch, wagging its tail; its low song is often heard around dawn and dusk.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.