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The moustached puffbird is 20 to 23 cm (7.9 to 9.1 in) long and weighs 47 to 50 g (1.7 to 1.8 oz). Unlike most puffbirds, the male and female have different plumages. Both sexes have bristles around the base of the large bill, and white "whiskers", which are actually tufts of feathers. The adult male is drab brown above with white to buffy spots on the back and the wing coverts. Its tail is brown with small buffy markings. Its lores and a half ring behind the eye are white. The chin, throat, and breast are rufous with indistinct darker streaks on the last. Voice: The moustached puffbird's song is a "igh thin peeping" like that of other puffbirds in its genus.
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When to see the Moustached Puffbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Moustached Puffbird
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Moustached Puffbird
The moustached puffbird is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is one of seven species in the genus Malacoptila. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Crescent-chested PuffbirdMalacoptila striataThe crescent-chested puffbird is 17.5 to 20 cm (6.9 to 7.9 in) long.
Black-streaked PuffbirdMalacoptila fulvogularisThe black-streaked puffbird is 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) long and weighs about 65 g (2.3 oz).
White-chested PuffbirdMalacoptila fuscaThe white-chested puffbird is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs about 44 g (1.6 oz).
Side by side: Moustached Puffbird vs White-whiskered Puffbird · Crescent-chested Puffbird vs Moustached Puffbird · Black-streaked Puffbird vs Moustached Puffbird
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