Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis) - HBW 7, p. 132
French: Tamatia de Lafresnaye
German: Weißzügel-Faulvogel
Spanish: Buco Barbón
Other common names: Brown Puffbird
Taxonomy: Malacoptila panamensis Lafresnaye, 1847, Panama.
May form a superspecies with M. fulvogularis and M. mystacalis. Birds from SE Nicaragua to W Panama sometimes separated as race fuliginosa, but this name probably based on an aberrant bird and these populations are indistinguishable from inornata; birds from Pacific coast of Chocó, NW Colombia, described as race chocoana, inseparable from panamensis. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- inornata (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) - Caribbean slope from SE Mexico (N Chiapas, E Tabasco) to W Panama (including Bocas del Toro).
- panamensis Lafresnaye, 1847 - Pacific slope from SW Costa Rica to NW Colombia.
- magdalenae Todd, 1943 - Magdalena Valley (WC Colombia).
- poliopis P. L. Sclater, 1862 - SW Colombia and W Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A front close view of a perched bird Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp panamensis)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 5 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
A male perched. Locality Tarcolitos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Richard Garrigues 12 July 2012 36 weeks ago 19 sec 4.5 -
An individual perched in the dark undergrowth Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp panamensis)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 5 years ago 15 sec 4.4 -
A dorsal view of a perched male Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Richard Garrigues 30 April 2006 5 years ago 18 sec 4.3 -
female perched with an insect in the beak Locality Rio Claro Reserve, Doradal, Antioquía Department, Colombia
Wim ten Have 15 March 2011 12 weeks ago 19 sec 4.3 -
Perched on a tree Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
Keith and Lynn Youngs 19 February 2012 1 year ago 30 sec 4.2
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She (this is a female) nicely sat on a branch looking around and posing for my camera :)
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp inornata)
Don Gato 11 April 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
Perched at eye-level just off trail near Rainforest Discovery Center
Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp panamensis)
Jeremy Gatten 29 February 2012 1 year ago 4.2 -
A puffbird perching on a branch
Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
mariolaysan 7 April 2012 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp inornata)
Nick Athanas 11 December 2004 4 years ago 3.9 -
Perched in a branch
Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala
Marc FASOL 26 April 2012 27 weeks ago 3.7 -
in the forest
Locality Bahía Solano, Choco Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 34 weeks ago 3.7
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Calls. Locality San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp poliopis)
Nick Athanas 19 July 2002 3 years ago 3
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