- Malacoptila fusca
Identification
18 cm (7 in); a medium-sized puffbird
Heavily streaked, with a small white collar. The base of the bill if prominently orange.
Similar Species
Very similar to the Semicollared Puffbird (without the rufous nuchal collar), the ranges of the two species are separated by the Rió Ucayali and are not known to overlap.
Distribution
South America: found from South East Colombia to eastern Peru, the Guianas and western Amazonian Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Tropical lowland evergreen forests, where they occupy the understorey.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of insects such as spiders and caterpillars. There is little else known.
Breeding
There is very little detail; it appears they excavate a tunnel in a sloping bank.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Schulenberg, T. S. and H. Batcheller (2020). White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whcpuf1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-chested Puffbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-chested_Puffbird
