Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis) - HBW 7, p. 133
French: Tamatia à moustaches
German: Schnurrbart-Faulvogel
Spanish: Buco Bigotudo
Taxonomy: Monasa mystacalis Lafresnaye, 1850, Valparaíso, Santa Marta, north Colombia.
May form a superspecies with M. fulvogularis and M. panamensis. Population of SW Colombia possibly merits subspecific status, as race pacifica. Monotypic.
Distribution: Andes of Colombia and NW & N Venezuela.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male looking down to the camera Locality Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 18 sec 4.8 -
A close front view of a male looking up Locality Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 29 sec 4.8 -
A single individual perched at about 2PM in bare branch at about 1.5 meters from the ground, in a shady area Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp mystacalis)
DAVID ASCANIO 18 May 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
A male perched and calling softly Locality Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a male looking to both sides Locality Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 4 years ago 24 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched still in the forest Locality Reinita de Cielo Azul Reserve, San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Luis Eduardo Urueña 31 January 2008 4 years ago 22 sec 3.8
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A bird perched.
Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela
Jim Watt 2 February 2008 3 years ago 3.5
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Song. Locality Rancho Grande Biological Station, Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 13 October 2005 2 years ago 4
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