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Photo by Sérgio Oliveira
Location: São Bento-Pb, Brazil
Photo by gaviao-real
Ilha de Marajó, Brazil, July 2007
Nystalus maculatus

Includes: Chaco Puffbird

Identification

8 cm

  • Red bill
  • Yellowish-brown lower throat and collar
  • White breast and belly with black spots
  • Spotted back

It is similar in size to the White-eared Puffbird (Nystalus chacuru).

Distribution

South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

  • N. m. maculatus:
  • North-eastern and central Brazil (to south-western Mato Grosso)
  • N. m. striatipectus:

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects such as beetles and small amphibians.

Breeding

The nest is a hole excavated in a bank or flat ground.

Vocalisation

A tremulous tewre-tewtewre-tewtewre.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset
  4. BF Member observations

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