Black-breasted puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis)

The black-breasted puffbird is a species of puffbird in the family Bucconidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

It measures between 19 to 23 cm in length and weighing around 60 to 69 g . The plumage is mostly glossy blue-black, with a white collar, cheeks, throat and belly and a blue-black breast band and black tail. The heavy bill is black, as are the feet, and the iris of the eye is dark brown or red. The two sexes are the same, and the plumage of juvenile birds hasn't.. more