Spotted Puffbird (Nystactes tamatia)

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
18 - 18.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

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

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (63)...)

Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia) [XC271992]
by Peter Boesman from Colakreek, Para, Suriname (song)

Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia) [XC13518]
by Eduardo Patrial from Shiripuno Amazon Lodge, Huaorani reserve, border of Orellana and Pastaza, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Sooty-capped Puffbird (Nystactes noanamae). Several other subspecies proposed, including inexpectatus (north-central Brazil), punctuliger (central Brazil) and interior (south-western Brazil), but these apparently represent inconstant, intergrading populations.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

tamatia (Gmelin, 1788) - Eastern Colombia (south to Vaup�s) east to Venezuela, the Guianas, and south to northern bank of Amazon.
pulmentum Sclater, PL, 1856 - South-eastern Colombia south to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, western Brazil and north-eastern Bolivia.
hypneleus (Cabanis and Heine, 1863) - Amazonian Brazil east of Rio Tapaj�s and delta islands.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Spotted Puffbird (Nystactes tamatia) - 10 files

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