guardabarranco
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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) + barranco (“ravine”).
Noun
guardabarranco m (plural guardabarrancos)
- motmot (tropical bird in the family Momotidae)
- Synonyms: momótido, momoto, barranquero
- 2018 May 27, “Cascada La Bujona, un encanto de la Reserva Natural Dantali-El Diablo”, in El Nuevo Diario, archived from the original on 21 July 2022:
- Y para los amantes de las aves, Pedro Solvabarro, propietario de este paraíso natural, señala que el visitante podrá disfrutar del cantar y avistamiento de oropéndolas, pericos, tucanes, guardabarrancos, colchoneras, colibríes, entre una gran variedad de pájaros que pernoctan en el lugar o de muchas aves de paso que transitan por estas altas montañas.
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Further reading
Momotidae on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
