Belize (B), Bolivia (B), Brazil (B), Colombia (B), Costa Rica, Ecuador (B), El Salvador (B), Guatemala (B), Honduras (B), Mexico (B), Nicaragua (B), Panama (B), Peru (B), Venezuela (B).
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).
White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus) [XC257954]
by John V. Moore from Orellana: Laguna A\u00f1angu ('Napo Wildlife Center'), s-bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (duet)
White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus) [XC257062]
by Daniel F. Lane from Pauya camp 2, Loreto, Peru (duet, song)
Subspecies
Notharchus macrorhynchos (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Guianan Puffbird (Notharchus macrorhynchos), White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus) and Buff-bellied Puffbird (Notharchus swainsoni) following SACC (2005).
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
hyperrhynchus (P.L. Sclater, 1856) - Southern Mexico (Oaxaca) south to northern and north-eastern Venezuela, and south to Colombia, Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and western Brazil (east to R Tapajós and south to Mato Grosso). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus).
paraensis Sassi, 1932 - Lower Amazon Valley in Brazil (Pará east of R Tapajós and into northern Maranhío).
cryptoleucus van Rossem, 1934 - Pacific lowlands of El Salvador and north-western Nicaragua.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet