Pied Puffbird
25 July 2011 09:13 Filed in: Bucconidae Puffbirds Panama Pipeline Road Soberania National Park Ecuador Napo
Copyright: TC/monacoeye • Ecuador, October 2010 • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Pied Puffbird
Latin: Notharchus tectus
Other: Buco Pinto (Es) • Macuru-pintado (Br)
Family: Bucconidae • Puffbirds
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador through Amazonia to Brazil
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Many thanks to Tom for the great photo above of a Pied Puffbird, in Ecuador. With white spotting to crown, and larger black band.
In Panama, the Pied Puffbird has a narrow black collar and white-tipped tail, differentiating it from other Notarchus Puffirds.
Below, on the Pipeline Rd, Panama, high up in a tree.
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