Spotted Puffbird
Bucco tamatia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyBucconidae (Puffbirds)
- GenusBucco
- SpeciesBucco tamatia (Spotted Puffbird)
Closest Relatives at Amacayacu National Natural Park
Chestnut-capped Puffbird
Bucco macrodactylus
Collared Puffbird
Bucco capensis
Black-fronted Nunbird
Monasa nigrifrons
Swallow-wing Puffbird
Chelidoptera tenebrosa
White-necked Puffbird
Notharchus hyperrhynchus
Rufous-capped Nunlet
Nonnula ruficapilla
White-fronted Nunbird
Monasa morphoeus
Pied Puffbird
Notharchus tectus
Rusty-breasted Nunlet
Nonnula rubecula
Yellow-billed Nunbird
Monasa flavirostris
White-chested Puffbird
Malacoptila fusca
Lanceolated Monklet
Micromonacha lanceolata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Noel Kempff Mercado National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Puffbird in Amacayacu National Natural Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Spotted Puffbird sighting in Amacayacu National Natural Park, based on 135 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Spotted Puffbird in Amacayacu National Natural Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Puffbird in Amacayacu National Natural Park in our monthly data.