Spotted Puffbird (Nystactes tamatia)

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
18 - 18.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical swamp forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (63)...)

Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia) [XC655167]
by Jarol Fernando Vaca from Baures (near Cotoca), Itenez, Beni Department, Bolivia (song, dusk song)

Spotted Puffbird (Bucco) [XC271920]
by Peter Boesman from Chocopot, Paramaribo outskirts, Suriname (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Sooty-capped Puffbird (Nystactes noanamae). Several other subspecies proposed, including inexpectatus (north-central Brazil), punctuliger (central Brazil) and interior (south-western Brazil), but these apparently represent inconstant, intergrading populations.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

tamatia (Gmelin, 1788) - Eastern Colombia (south to Vaup�s) east to Venezuela, the Guianas, and south to northern bank of Amazon.
pulmentum Sclater, PL, 1856 - South-eastern Colombia south to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, western Brazil and north-eastern Bolivia.
hypneleus (Cabanis and Heine, 1863) - Amazonian Brazil east of Rio Tapaj�s and delta islands.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Spotted Puffbird (Nystactes tamatia) - 10 files

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