White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)

Other Names (World)
White-whiskered Puffbird, Brown Puffbird

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
18 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lafresnaye, 1847

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

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

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

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis) [XC275295]
by Kent Livezey from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (call, calls)

White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis) [XC363483]
by Johan Chaves from Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama (song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Black-streaked Puffbird (Malacoptila fulvogularis) and Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis). Birds from south-eastern Nicaragua to western Panama sometimes separated as subspecies fuliginosa, but this name probably based on an aberrant bird and these populations are indistinguishable from inornata. Birds from Pacific coast of Choc�, north-western Colombia, described as subspecies chocoana, inseparable from panamensis.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

inornata (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) - Caribbean slope from south-eastern Mexico (northern Chiapas, eastern Tabasco) to western Panama (including Bocas del Toro).
panamensis Lafresnaye, 1847 - Pacific slope from south-western Costa Rica to north-western Colombia.
magdalenae Todd, 1943 - Magdalena Valley (west-central Colombia).
poliopis Sclater, PL, 1862 - South-western Colombia and western Ecuador.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis) - 10 files

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