Russet-throated Puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis) [XC105544]
by Albert Lastukhin from Bachaquero, Venezuela (duet, song, song and duet)
Russet-throated Puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis) [XC204479]
by Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Le\u00f3n Lleras from Bachaquero, Venezuela (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Two-banded Puffbird (Hypnelus bicinctus), and often considered conspecific owing to hybridization in Maracaibo region of Venezuela and in Catatumbo lowlands of Colombia. However, hybridization apparently rather limited, with most individuals belonging clearly to one or the other of these well-distinguished forms, and treatment as separate species seems the most realistic approach, pending in-depth studies.
Proposed subspecies striaticollis (north-western Venezuela) may form part of a cline and herein included in decolor, but further study is required.
bicinctus (Gould, 1837) - Interior north-eastern Colombia (in llanos), and northern Venezuela (south to north-eastern Bolívar and north-western Amazonas).
stoicus Wetmore, 1939 - Margarita I, off northern Venezuela.