Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mystacalis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | barbacoll de bigotis |
Croatian | brkati hakuru |
Czech | lenivka vousatá |
Dutch | Knevelbaardkoekoek |
English | Moustached Puffbird |
English (United States) | Moustached Puffbird |
Finnish | viiksilaiskuri |
French | Tamatia à moustaches |
French (Canada) | Tamatia à moustaches |
German | Schnurrbart-Faulvogel |
Japanese | シラヒゲオオガシラ |
Norwegian | mustasjedovenfugl |
Polish | drzym rdzawogardły |
Russian | Усатая пуховка |
Serbian | Maskirani puf |
Slovak | lenivka červenohrdlá |
Spanish | Buco Bigotudo |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Buco Bigotudo |
Spanish (Spain) | Buco bigotudo |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Bolio de Bigote |
Swedish | mustaschtrögfågel |
Turkish | Bıyıklı Pufkuşu |
Ukrainian | Таматія біловуса |
Malacoptila mystacalis (de Lafresnaye, 1850)
Definitions
- MALACOPTILA
- malacoptila / malacoptilus
- mystacale / mystacalis
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Legend Overview
Introduction
The Moustached Puffbird is sometimes considered to form a superspecies with the Black-streaked Puffbird (Malacoptila fulvogularis) of the east slope of the Andes, and the White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis), and like the latter species, the sexes differ in the present species. Female Moustached Puffbirds are darker brown above, especially over the head and neck, with darker markings on the flanks and rear underparts, and a less prominent white moustachial. Overall, the fairly common Moustached Puffbird ranges across northwest South America, in the Andes of Colombia to northern Venezuela, where it reaches to at least 2100 m, and is usually found in the understory of wet forest. The species’ biology is apparently poorly known, although it is unlikely to differ much from the other Malacoptila puffbirds.
Field Identification
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Andes of Colombia and NW & N Venezuela.
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Breeding
Conservation Status
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding