Puffbirds

Pied Puffbird

Notharchus tectus

The Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus) is a 27 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Puffbirds

Order

Piciformes

Weight

27 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Suriname, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, GF, Nicaragua, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Fredberg · Zintete Lodge (Suriname); Panama Rainforest Discovery Center (Panama); Pipeline Road (Camino del Oleoducto) (Área general) (Panama); Pipeline Road · Parque Nacional Soberanía (Panama); Refugio mixto Caño Negro (Costa Rica).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist