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The buff-bellied puffbird is about 23.5 cm (9.3 in) long and weighs 72 to 75.6 g (2.5 to 2.7 oz). The crown and upperparts are black with a green gloss and buffy edges to the feathers. It has a narrow white forehead, throat, and upper breast. The sides of the face and a thin band around the nape are grayish white. A wide black band separates the upper breast from the buffy to pale rufous belly. The flanks are gray. Its eye color can be straw, brown, or red. Voice: The buff-bellied puffbird's song is a "descending sequence of whistles, varying in rhythm, 'ui-ui---dibule-dibule...'."
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When to see the Buff-bellied Puffbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Buff-bellied Puffbird
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Buff-bellied Puffbird
The buff-bellied puffbird is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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Easily confused with
Brown-banded PuffbirdNotharchus ordiiThe brown-banded puffbird is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs about 51.5 g (1.8 oz).
Guianan PuffbirdNotharchus macrorhynchosThe Guianan puffbird is about 25 cm (9.8 in) long and weighs 81 to 106 g (2.9 to 3.7 oz).
Black-breasted PuffbirdNotharchus pectoralisThe black-breasted puffbird is 19 to 23 cm (7.5 to 9.1 in) long and weighs between 60 and 69 g (2.1 and 2.4 oz).
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