[order] Galbuliformes | [family] Bucconidae | [latin] Nystactes tamatia | [UK] Spotted Puffbird | [FR] Tamatia tachete | [DE] Fleckenfaulvogel | [ES] Buco Moteado | [IT] Bucco golacastana | [NL] Gevlekte Baardkoekoek
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Bucco | tamatia | SA | Amazonia | ||
| Bucco | tamatia | hypnaleus | ec Brazil | ||
| Bucco | tamatia | pulmentum | s Colombia to ne Bolivia | ||
| Bucco | tamatia | tamatia | e Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and n Brazil |
Physical charateristics
The Spotted Puffbird has a stout black bill, red iris, orange forehead, throat and upper chest, white malar stripe and black patch on the side of its neck. Breast heavily black spotted on whitish plumage. Sexes are alike. Legs bluish or green grey.
Listen to the sound of Spotted Puffbird
[audio:http://www.aviflevoland.nl/sounddb/S/Spotted Puffbird.mp3]
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Range
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Habitat
Prefers subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest. In Suriname uncommonly found in savvanna thickets, former forest edges in the coastal area and lower trees along forest edges in the interior.
Reproduction
Clutch size is 2 eggs, further details not known but probably nesting in excavated holes in arboreal termitaria.
Feeding habits
A still-hunter feeding on large insects, caterpillars scorpions and sometimes follows ant-armies. Also berries and mistletoe.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,400,000 km2. The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as ‘frequent’ in at least parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Sedentary throughout range.
Distribution map
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