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Genus: Malacoptila (7 species)


Black-streaked Puffbird (Malacoptila fulvogularis) Range: SA: c Colombia to nw Bolivia Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Additional photo.


White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca) Range: SA: n, nw Amazonia Sacha Lodge, Orellana province, Ecuador
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis) Range: SA: Colombia, Venezuela and nc Ecuador San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to White-whiskered Puffbird, but found at low altitudes in the Andes (in the range of 1000m).
An unusual light-eyed bird.


White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis magdalenae) Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to w Ecuador Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Often sits in the open on a low branch.


Rufous-necked Puffbird (Malacoptila rufa brunnescens) Range: SA: s, c Amazonia Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Sits quietly in the forest understory (Athanas).


Semicollared Puffbird (Malacoptila semicincta) Range: SA: w Amazonia Madre de Dios, Peru
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Crescent-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila striata striata) Range: SA: ne, se Brazil Santa Maria Madalena, Brazil
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© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba