Greater Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus)

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
14 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (65)...)

Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus) [XC257065]
by Daniel F. Lane from Loreto: 3 km SE of Jeberos, Peru (call, song, calls and song)

Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus) [XC360581]
by Guido O. Keijl from Colos\u00f3, Sucre, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus Bucco. Subspecies subtectus considered a distinct species by some authors.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

subtectus (Sclater, PL, 1860) - Caribbean Costa Rica south to western and north-central Colombia and north-western Ecuador. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Lesser Pied Puffbird (Notharchus subtectus).
tectus (Boddaert, 1783) - Southern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil (eastern as far as Maranh�o).
picatus (Sclater, PL, 1856) - South-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru to eastern Bolivia and west-central Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Greater Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus) - 10 files

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