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Russet-throated Puffbird - BirdForum Opus

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Hypnelus ruficollis
Photo by Robert Scanlon
Photo taken: Nr Perico, N Colombia

Identification

22cm. Large head, long tail, thick black hooked-tipped bill, white face with a large yellow eye. The upperparts are brown, with whitish spotting and white wing tips.

Distribution

Northeastern Colombia and much of Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Dry scrub and forest.

Behaviour

It excavates a burrow in an arboreal termite colony, and lays 3 white eggs.

The diet includes insects, lizards and other small prey.


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