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whitish mottling while the closed wing is dull brown with whitish scallops. The tail is long and dark brown with thin pale edges to the feathers. The chin is whitish and the throat and upper breast reddish buff. Under them are two black bands across the chest. The rest of the belly is reddish buff with black spots on its upper edge and the flanks are whitish with large black spots.
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has assessed the two-banded puffbird as being of Least Concern. It has a large range, and though its population size has not been determined it is believed to be stable. It is generally common throughout its mainland range, and "human land uses do not appear to pose any immediate threats." Its status
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off the central Venezuelan coast. On the mainland it inhabits open and near open landscapes including the llanos savanna, thickets, abandoned farms, and the edges of deciduous woodland. It occurs almost exclusively below 500 m (1,600 ft) of elevation. On Margarita it inhabits bushland and
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The adult of the nominate subspecies of two-banded puffbird has a dark brown crown with pale brown spots, a buffy patch from the bill to the eye, a whitish patch on the cheek, and a black patch below and behind the white one. The nape has a narrow whitish collar. The upperparts are dull brown with
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society.
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Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from
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woods from plains into the foothills. No seasonal movements have been documented, though its habitat undergoes seasonal changes. It sometimes is common in an area and then vacates it for several years.
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The two-banded puffbird still-hunts from a high open perch or a lower shaded one. It sallies to capture its prey; its diet has not been fully documented but is known to include insects.
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The two-banded puffbird's song is "a rhythmic repeated 'tak-ta-tóoo'" and its call "a croaking note, surpisingly loud" that is sometimes given in flight.
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is similar but slightly browner and paler above, has a less dramatically marked face, and has buff tips to the feathers of the upper breastband.
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The two-banded puffbird's breeding season appears to include May and June, though details are lacking. It excavates a burrow in an arboreal
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world
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http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip
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as a species might be valid but has not received a formal proposal for the split.
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Rasmussen, P. C., N. Collar, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Russet-throated Puffbird (
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of northeastern Colombia and into northern Venezuela almost to
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The nominate subspecies of two-banded puffbird is found in the
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The taxonomy of the two-banded puffbird is unsettled. The
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https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Piciformes
Bucconidae
Hypnelus
Binomial name
Gould
Synonyms
near-passerine
bird
Bucconidae
Colombia
Venezuela
International Ornithological Committee
BirdLife International
Handbook of the Birds of the World
Clements taxonomy
russet-throated puffbird
American Ornithological Society
llanos
Lake Maracaibo
Guyana

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