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

Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus) [XC705229]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from A\u00e7ail\u00e2ndia, A\u00e7ail\u00e2ndia, Maranh\u00e3o, Brazil (song)

Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus) [XC6631]
by Roger Ahlman from Bel\u00e9m, state of Par\u00e1, Brazil (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
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Files:

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