Pied Puffbird
Notharchus tectus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyBucconidae (Puffbirds)
- GenusNotharchus (Black-and-white Puffbirds)
- SpeciesNotharchus tectus (Pied Puffbird)
Closest Relatives at Brownsberg Nature Park
Guianan Puffbird
Notharchus macrorhynchos
Collared Puffbird
Bucco capensis
White-chested Puffbird
Malacoptila fusca
Swallow-wing Puffbird
Chelidoptera tenebrosa
Black Nunbird
Monasa atra
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Colaptes rubiginosus
Guianan Toucanet
Selenidera piperivora
Red-necked Woodpecker
Campephilus rubricollis
Waved Woodpecker
Celeus undatus
White-throated Toucan
Ramphastos tucanus
Channel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos vitellinus
Golden-collared Woodpecker
Veniliornis cassini
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pied Puffbird in Brownsberg Nature Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Pied Puffbird sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pied Puffbird in Brownsberg Nature Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Pied Puffbird in Brownsberg Nature Park in our monthly data.