Birds of the World

    PICIFORMES: Bucconidae (Puffbirds)  
Genus: Malacoptila (7 species)


Black-streaked Puffbird
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
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
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
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
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
Semicollared Puffbird (Malacoptila semicincta)
Range: SA: w Amazonia
Madre de Dios, Peru  
   
Photograph by vil.sandi     Copyright and usage info


Crescent-chested Puffbird
Crescent-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila striata striata)
Range: SA: ne, se Brazil
Santa Maria Madalena, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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