#puffbirds

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BOTD: Pied Puffbird

Photo: Carlos Sanchez

"Puffbirds are oddly-proportioned birds with rotund bodies and huge heads. Pied is small, black-and-white, with an obvious black breast band and a thin white eyebrow. Perches conspicuously, often on a bare branch in the canopy or even on a telephone wire. Usually at the edge of the forest, overlooking an open area."

- eBird

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Caatinga Puffbird / Spot-bellied Puffbird (Nystalus maculatus) - photo by John Medcraft

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Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus) - photo by Bruno Conjeaud

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Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus) - photo by John Kendall

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White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca) - photo by Pieter Verheij

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Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia) - photo by Kester Clarke

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White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus) - photo by Chris Jimenez

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Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus) - photo by Nigel Voaden