Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
Russet-throated Puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis) - HBW 7, p. 131
French: Tamatia à gorge rousse
German: Rostkehl-Faulvogel
Spanish: Buco Bobito
Taxonomy: Capito ruficollis Wagler, 1829, Mexico; error = Santa Marta, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with H. bicinctus, and often considered conspecific owing to hybridization in Maracaibo region of Venezuela and in Catatumbo lowlands of Colombia; however, hybridization apparently rather limited, with most individuals belonging clearly to one or the other of these well-distinguished forms, and treatment as separate species seems the most realistic approach, pending in-depth studies. Proposed race striaticollis (NW Venezuela) may form part of a cline and herein included in decolor, but further study required. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- decolor Todd & Carriker, 1922 - extreme NE Colombia (Guajira Peninsula) and NW Venezuela (Falcón).
- ruficollis (Wagler, 1829) - N Colombia, and NW Venezuela W of L Maracaibo.
- coloratus Ridgway, 1914 - W Venezuela (S of L Maracaibo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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a pair sitting high on a horizontal branch, once calling Locality Tayrona National Natural Park, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Wim ten Have 12 March 2011 7 weeks ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a branch. Locality Flamingos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, La Guajira Department, Colombia (ssp ruficollis)
herve jacob 4 February 2013 8 weeks ago 24 sec 4 -
one individual, no wind. Locality Tayrona National Natural Park, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp decolor)
David Caro 14 March 2006 1 year ago 1 min 19 sec 4 -
A bird perched and looking around Locality Vereda El Cauca, Pueblo Nuevo, Ocaña, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia (ssp coloratus)
Johanna Andrea Borras 31 January 2008 5 years ago 21 sec 3.9 -
bird perching inside humid forest Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela
Thore Noernberg 7 August 2012 40 weeks ago 24 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched on a branch. Locality La Guajira Department, Colombia (ssp decolor)
Keith Blomerley 12 November 2012 18 weeks ago 22 sec 3.7
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Perched in a branch
Locality Hacienda La Zuliana, Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela (ssp ruficollis)
kperezleon 2 May 2010 3 years ago 4.4 -
This picture was taken in Sierra de Perija, at Western Venezuela. It´s for the subspecie "ruficollis".
Locality Sierra de Perijá, Zulia State, Venezuela (ssp ruficollis)
kperezleon 16 December 2007 4 years ago 4.4 -
on a branch
Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 41 weeks ago 4 -
bird on a branch
Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 7 October 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A bird perched in heavy scrub.
Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Ken Havard 2 January 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
Individual perched in tree.
Locality Tayrona National Natural Park, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Miriam Bauman 6 November 2010 2 years ago 3.8
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