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Spotted Puffbird

Bucco tamatia

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 36 g
Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia), photo 1
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia), photo 2
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia), photo 3
Photo: scaup · CC BY 4.0

What the Spotted Puffbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Spotted Puffbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Duet · Napo: 'Gareno (Guaponi) Lodge', Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Spotted Puffbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spotted Puffbird

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Colombia Guyana Peru Suriname Ecuador French Guiana Venezuela Bolivia

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.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus) 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 Puffbird (Bucco capensis) 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 Puffbird (Bucco noanamae) Sooty-capped PuffbirdBucco noanamaeThe sooty-capped puffbird is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long.

Side by side: Lanceolated Monklet vs Spotted Puffbird · Chestnut-capped Puffbird vs Spotted Puffbird

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