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xiuhquechol.

Headword: 
xiuhquechol.
Principal English Translation: 

apparently a motmot, perhaps the blue-crowned Mexican motmot
See the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, where Wimmer (2004) mentions the "momot" (in the French spelling) and cites Bierhorst, who notes that the feathers are green. https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/xiuhquechol/76351.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image of the blue-crowned motmot with its long turquoise blue tail in a photo by Oliver Komar on the site eBird. https://ebird.org/species/tubmot1. Green, orange, and black feathers also make up the colorful combination that characterizes this bird. Another site gives the Mayan name for the Mexican mot-mot (sometimes hyphenated in this way) to be toh: https://tierrasmayas.com/la-leyenda-maya-del-pajaro-toh-el-pajaro-reloj/.(SW)

Given that xihuitl can mean herbs, and the start of this bird's name is xiuh-, seems to emphasize that the feathers are predominantly green. But xiuh- can also refer to turquoise blue. See our entry for xihuitl, below. (SW)

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
See also: 
xihuitl.