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Moustached puffbird, Tatama National Park, Colombia Puffbirds are not always easy to find, but once you find them, they don't easily flee. They are overall pretty stationary birds. Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Malacoptila mystacalis,Montezuma,Moustached puffbird,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatamá National Park,World Click/tap to enlarge

Moustached puffbird, Tatama National Park, Colombia

Puffbirds are not always easy to find, but once you find them, they don't easily flee. They are overall pretty stationary birds.

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The Moustached puffbird

The moustached puffbird is a species of puffbird in the family Bucconidae. It is one of seven species in the genus ''Malacoptila.''

It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical and tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Similar species: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Feb 3, 2018. Captured Oct 19, 2017 07:28.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/8.0
  • 1/400s
  • ISO1250
  • 500mm