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;[[: Category:Notharchus|Notharchus]] macrorhynchos | ;[[: Category:Notharchus|Notharchus]] macrorhynchos | ||
| − | [[Image:White-necked_Puffbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Robert_Scanlon<br />Photo taken: Canopy Walkway, Amazonas, Peru | + | [[Image:White-necked_Puffbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Robert_Scanlon<br />Photo taken: Canopy Walkway, Amazonas, Peru.]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 25 cms. White forehead, broad black breast band, black upperparts, white collar, throat and belly. Variable dark barring on flanks. Bill and feet black. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Southern [[Mexico]] to southern [[Brazil]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Forest borders and secondary growth. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes large insects and small vertebrates; some vegetable matter. | ||
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| + | Both sexes excavate nests in arboreal termitaries; holes in the ground or in trees are also reported. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Notharchus+macrorhynchos}} | {{GSearch|Notharchus+macrorhynchos}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Notharchus]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Notharchus]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 15:29, 18 August 2008
- Notharchus macrorhynchos
Identification
25 cms. White forehead, broad black breast band, black upperparts, white collar, throat and belly. Variable dark barring on flanks. Bill and feet black.
Distribution
Southern Mexico to southern Brazil.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Forest borders and secondary growth.
Behaviour
The diet includes large insects and small vertebrates; some vegetable matter.
Both sexes excavate nests in arboreal termitaries; holes in the ground or in trees are also reported.
