Birds of Venezuela

    PICIFORMES: Bucconidae (Puffbirds)  
Genus: Malacoptila (2 species, 7 worldwide)


White-chested Puffbird
White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca)
Sacha Lodge, Orellana province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



Moustached Puffbird
Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis)
San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to White-whiskered Puffbird, but found at low altitudes in the Andes (in the range of 1000m).
An unusual light-eyed bird.


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