White-whiskered Puffbird

Malacoptila panamensis

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About the White-whiskered Puffbird

The white-whiskered puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis), also called the white-whiskered soft-wing or brown puffbird, is a near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found from southeastern Mexico through Central America (except El Salvador), Colombia, and Ecuador into Peru.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name: Malacoptila panamensis
Family: Puffbirds
Order: Piciformes

Similar species

Other members of the puffbirds family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus

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