The Rufous Motmot is a large and stealthy forest dweller. It often sits motionless except for the unique tick-tock motion of its tail.
Favoring the twilight hours, it can be difficult to photograph in the dark understory it inhabits. I've mostly heard them in the distance with their low, echoing woop-woop call.
This individual was one of a pair that was attracted to bananas and other fruit we had placed nearby. But you had to watch carefully as it slowly approached the area in a series of fast flights between branches, interspersed with long periods of motionlessness as it surveiled its surroundings..