White-whiskered Puffbird
Malacoptila panamensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,353
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The white-whiskered puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis), also called the white-whiskered soft-wing or brown puffbird, is a near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found from southeastern Mexico through Central America (except El Salvador), Colombia, and Ecuador into Peru.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “White-whiskered puffbird”.