Two-banded Puffbird (Hypnelus bicinctus)

Other Names (World)
Two-banded Puffbird, Double-banded Puffbird

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
20 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, moist savanna. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, 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 (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Two-banded Puffbird (Hypnelus bicinctus) [XC224492]
by Oscar Humberto Mar\u00edn G\u00f3mez & Juan Pablo L\u00f3pez from Orinoco river islands, Amazonas, Venezuela (song)

Two-banded Puffbird (Hypnelus bicinctus) [XC244861]
by Oscar Humberto Mar\u00edn G\u00f3mez & Juan Pablo L\u00f3pez from Finca La Breta\u00f1a, Vereda Guaracuara, San Luis de Palenque, Casanare, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Russet-throated Puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis), and commonly treated as conspecific owing to hybridization in Maracaibo region of Venezuela and in Catatumbo lowlands of Colombia. However, hybridization apparently rather limited, with most individuals belonging clearly to one or the other of these well-distinguished forms, and treatment as separate species seems the most realistic approach, pending in-depth studies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

bicinctus (Gould, 1837) - Interior north-eastern Colombia (in llanos), and northern Venezuela (south to north-eastern Bol��var and north-western Amazonas).
stoicus Wetmore, 1939 - Margarita I, off northern Venezuela.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Two-banded Puffbird (Hypnelus bicinctus) - 10 files

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