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Moustached puffbird

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Moustached puffbird
In Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Bucconidae
Genus: Malacoptila
Species:
M. mystacalis
Binomial name
Malacoptila mystacalis
(Lafresnaye, 1850)

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

  • BirdLife species factsheet for Malacoptila mystacalis
  • "Malacoptila mystacalis". Avibase. Edit this at Wikidata
  • "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.