Order: Galbuliformes | Family: Bucconidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. El Caucho, Tumbes
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Panama
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. El Caucho, Tumbes
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Panama
Status: The White-whiskered Puffbirds is rare and restricted to the semi-humid deciduous forest of northwest Peru in the Department of Tumbes. They forage in the forest understory. The White-whiskered Puffbird also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Buco de Bigote Blanco.
Sub-species: White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis poliopis) Sclater, PL, 1862.
Meaning of Name: Malacoptila: Gr. malakos= soft and ptilon= plumage, feather. panamensis: originating from the country of Panama..

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 11/09/2014.