Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
Spotted Puffbird (Nystactes tamatia) - HBW 7, p. 126
French: Tamatia tacheté
German: Fleckenfaulvogel
Spanish: Buco Moteado
Taxonomy: Bucco Tamatia J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Cayenne and Brazil.
Genus usually merged into Bucco. Forms a superspecies with N. noanamae. Several other races proposed, including inexpectatus (NC Brazil), punctuliger (C Brazil) and interior (SW Brazil), but these apparently represent inconstant, intergrading populations. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tamatia (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - E Colombia (S to Vaupés) E to Venezuela, the Guianas, and S to N bank of Amazon.
- pulmentum (P. L. Sclater, 1856) - SE Colombia S to E Ecuador, NE Peru, W Brazil and NE Bolivia.
- hypneleus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) - Amazonian Brazil E of R Tapajós.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a branch, preening. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp tamatia)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 4.8 -
An individual perched in a tree, alert. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp tamatia)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched on a branch and looking around. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp tamatia)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 4.5 -
Dorsal view of a bird preening on a branch. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp tamatia)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 4.5 -
An individual perched Locality Santana do Araguaia, Pará State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 8 July 2008 2 years ago 19 sec 3.4 -
A bird preening it's wing and scratching it's head. Locality Pepperpot, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp tamatia)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 April 2011 1 year ago 37 sec 3.3
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Individual adult undetermined.
Locality Macapá, Amapá State, Brazil
Bruno Salaroli 30 June 2012 33 weeks ago 4.3 -
Single inactive individual
Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp pulmentum)
rousset 30 October 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Guyana (ssp tamatia)
Nick Athanas 24 November 2006 4 years ago 4.2 -
Dorsal view of a bird on a branch.
Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp tamatia)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp hypneleus)
Joe Tobias 22 June 2004 21 weeks ago 3.7 -
Frontal view of a bird perched on a branch.
Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp tamatia)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 1 year ago 3.6
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Singing in response to playback Locality Pousada Rio Azul, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp hypneleus)
Bradley Davis 17 May 2008 3 years ago 0
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