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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An individual perched in the dark undergrowth Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp panamensis)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 4.5 -
A front close view of a perched bird Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp panamensis)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 4 years ago 21 sec 4.3 -
Rear views Locality Plantation Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 50 weeks ago 29 sec 4 -
A perched bird Locality Plantation Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 52 weeks ago 34 sec 4 -
A dorsal and a ventral view of a bird on a branch, then flying away. Locality Yaxchilán Archaeological Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp inornata)
Josep del Hoyo 12 April 2009 2 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A front view of a male perched close. Locality Chan Chich, Gallon Jug, Orange Walk District, Belize (ssp inornata)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 December 2007 3 years ago 37 sec 4
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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
Don Gato 11 April 2008 2 years ago 4.2 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp inornata)
Nick Athanas 11 December 2004 3 years ago 4 -
Adult female, seen front-on, perched on a branch. Scanned from a slide.
Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp panamensis)
Pia Öberg 25 February 2001 21 weeks ago 3.5 -
A perched female.
Locality Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Ken Havard 7 July 2011 21 weeks ago 3.2 -
Near Cerro Azul Lake.
Locality Cerro Azul, Chagres National Park, Panama
Octavio Rios 29 March 2008 1 year ago 3 -
A back view of a bird on a branch.
Locality Yaxchilán Archaeological Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp inornata)
Josep del Hoyo 12 April 2009 2 years ago 3
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Calls. Locality San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp poliopis)
Nick Athanas 19 July 2002 2 years ago 3
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