Black-streaked Puffbird vs Crescent-chested Puffbird

Black-streaked Puffbird

Malacoptila fulvogularis

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The black-streaked puffbird is 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) long and weighs about 65 g (2.3 oz). Its head is blackish with thin white streaks and a white spot in front of the eye. Its upperparts are dark brown with thin white streaks on the shoulder becoming buffy triangles on the back. The wings are brown with buffy scallops on the coverts and the tail is solid brown. The throat and upper breast are ochraceous; the lower breast, upper belly, and flanks are striped black and white; and the center of the belly is unmarked dingy whitish. Voice: The black-streaked puffbird's song is "a very high-pitched ascending whistle, lasting under 4 seconds."

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Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: near Panguri, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: scaup · CC BY 4.0

Crescent-chested Puffbird

Malacoptila striata

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The crescent-chested puffbird is 17.5 to 20 cm (6.9 to 7.9 in) long. The nominate M. s. striata weighs from about 40 to 47 g (1.4 to 1.7 oz); M. s. minor is smaller. The nominate's head and upperparts are blackish with buffy streaks. The face is rufous around the bill and has a buffy or white "moustache". The wing is brown with buffy markings; the tail is plain dark brown. The upper breast has a white crescent with a black band below it. The lower breast is rufous, the center of the belly whitish, and the sides of the breast and belly dull brown with buffy scallops. M. s. Voice: The crescent-chested puffbird's song is "a high-pitched whistle of 10+ notes, like a small tyrannid, bieh, bieh, bieh…." Its alarm call is "a high, thin, descending seeee...".

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Photo: rodrigo_lazaro · CC BY 4.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Black-streaked Puffbird and Crescent-chested Puffbird.