Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis)

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
20 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 350 - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Venezuela.

Andes of Colombia and north-western and northern 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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)...)

Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis) [XC431868]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from SFF Otun-Quimbaya, Risaralda, Colombia (song)

Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis) [XC54528]
by Oscar Humberto Marin-Gomez from Laguna de Pedro Palo, Tena, Cundinamarca, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Black-streaked Puffbird (Malacoptila fulvogularis) and White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis). Population of south-western Colombia possibly merits subspecific status, as subspecies pacifica.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis) - 10 files

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