Pied puffbird

Pied puffbird
In Mindo, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Piciformes
Family:Bucconidae
Genus:Notharchus
Species: N. tectus
Binomial name
Notharchus tectus
(Boddaert, 1783)

The pied puffbird (Notharchus tectus) is a species of puffbird in the family Bucconidae.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Notharchus tectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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