White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca)

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
18 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 900 m, occasionally up to 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Eastern Ecuador and south-eastern Colombia east to southern Venezuela and the Guianas and south to north-eastern Peru and northern Brazil (north of Amazon).

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca) [XC203451]
by John V. Moore from Orellana, Ecuador (song)

White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca) [XC264507]
by from Napo: \u2018Jatun Sacha Biological Station\u2019 area, right bank of R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Semicollared Puffbird (Malacoptila semicincta). Birds from southern Venezuela sometimes separated as subspecies venezuelae, but appear indistinguishable from other populations.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca) - 10 files

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