About the Spotted Puffbird
The spotted puffbird is a species of puffbird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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The spotted puffbird is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs 33 to 42 g (1.2 to 1.5 oz). The nominate subspecies has a pale rufous forehead that becomes rufous spots on a dark brown background on the crown. Below that is a blackish band through the eye, below that a white stripe, and below that a black patch. The white stripe continues around the nape. The upperparts and wings are dark brown with some buffy scallops and the tail is dark brown with some buffy edges to the feathers.
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What the Spotted Puffbird sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Chestnut-capped PuffbirdBucco macrodactylusThe chestnut-capped puffbird is 14 to 16.5 cm (5.5 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 25 g (0.88 oz).
Collared PuffbirdBucco capensisThe collared puffbird is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighs 46 to 62 g (1.6 to 2.2 oz).
Sooty-capped PuffbirdBucco noanamaeThe sooty-capped puffbird is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long.
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