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WoodlandCavity nestSmall · 52 g
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Like some other puffbirds, the white-eared puffbird is a round, plump bird with a very narrow tail. The head is relatively large, with a dark brown barred crown, and an orange, black-tipped bill. The sit-and-wait feeding strategy, for insects or opportunistic prey, may explain this body shape. The bird has a medium-brown back and wings, with dark rufous speckles and bars; white and black flecked on the breast. The upper breast is white, extending to a narrow-to-medium white collar around the neck.
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When to see the White-eared 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 White-eared Puffbird
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-eared Puffbird
The white-eared puffbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru, where it inhabits tropical and subtropical dry forests, subtropical and tropical moist forests, gallery forests, tropical savanna, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Easily confused with
Barred PuffbirdNystalus radiatusThe barred puffbird is about 22 cm (8.7 in) long and weighs about 63 g (2.2 oz).
Spot-backed PuffbirdNystalus maculatusThe 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).
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 White-eared Puffbird · Western Striolated Puffbird vs White-eared Puffbird
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