Moustached puffbird
Appearance
Moustached puffbird | |
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In Manizales, Caldas, Colombia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Bucconidae |
Genus: | Malacoptila |
Species: | M. mystacalis
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Binomial name | |
Malacoptila mystacalis (Lafresnaye, 1850)
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The moustached puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis) 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.
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malacoptila mystacalis.
Wikispecies has information related to Malacoptila mystacalis.
- BirdLife species factsheet for Malacoptila mystacalis
- "Malacoptila mystacalis". Avibase.
- "Moustached puffbird media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Moustached puffbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Malacoptila mystacalis at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Moustached puffbird on Xeno-canto.