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What the Spot-backed Puffbird sounds like
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The spot-backed puffbird is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 32 to 38 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz). It has a dark brown crown with bold buffy spangles and a pale rufous collar on the hindneck. Its upperparts and wing coverts are dark brown with buffy spangles and bars. The long, narrow, tail has broad black and narrow buffy bars. The face is mostly off-white with dusky streaks that are darker to the rear; it has a buffy supercilium. The chin is white and the throat, upper breast, and sides of the neck are orange-red.
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When to see the Spot-backed 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 Spot-backed Puffbird
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Spot-backed Puffbird
The spot-backed puffbird is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in South America from northeastern Brazil to northwestern Argentina. The spot-backed puffbird has sometimes been split into two species, the Caatinga puffbird and the Chaco puffbird.
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Easily confused with
White-eared PuffbirdNystalus chacuruLike some other puffbirds, the white-eared puffbird is a round, plump bird with a very narrow tail.
Barred PuffbirdNystalus radiatusThe barred puffbird is about 22 cm (8.7 in) long and weighs about 63 g (2.2 oz).
Western Striolated PuffbirdNystalus obamaiThe eastern striolated puffbird is 19.8 to 21 cm (7.8 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 43 to 47 g (1.5 to 1.7 oz).
Side by side: Spot-backed Puffbird vs White-eared Puffbird · Barred Puffbird vs Spot-backed Puffbird · Spot-backed Puffbird vs Western Striolated Puffbird
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