Pied Puffbird
Notharchus tectus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyBucconidae (Puffbirds)
- GenusNotharchus (Black-and-white Puffbirds)
- SpeciesNotharchus tectus (Pied Puffbird)
The pied puffbird (Notharchus tectus) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
Black-fronted Nunbird
Monasa nigrifrons
White-eared Puffbird
Nystalus chacuru
Spot-backed Puffbird
Nystalus maculatus
Swallow-wing Puffbird
Chelidoptera tenebrosa
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Galbula ruficauda
Toco Toucan
Ramphastos toco
Little Woodpecker
Veniliornis passerinus
White-wedged Piculet
Picumnus albosquamatus
White Woodpecker
Melanerpes candidus
Golden-green Woodpecker
Piculus chrysochloros
Chestnut-eared Aracari
Pteroglossus castanotis
Pale-crested Woodpecker
Celeus lugubris
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Pied Puffbird at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there