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 Natural Metropolitano
White-necked Puffbird
Notharchus hyperrhynchus
White-whiskered Puffbird
Malacoptila panamensis
Keel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Melanerpes rubricapillus
Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Campephilus melanoleucos
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatus
Collared Aracari
Pteroglossus torquatus
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Melanerpes pucherani
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Celeus loricatus
Olivaceous Piculet
Picumnus olivaceus
Black-mandibled Toucan
Ramphastos ambiguus
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Colaptes punctigula
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Pied Puffbird at Parque Natural Metropolitano — 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