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 Canaima National Park
Guianan Puffbird
Notharchus macrorhynchos
White-necked Puffbird
Notharchus hyperrhynchus
Swallow-wing Puffbird
Chelidoptera tenebrosa
Black Nunbird
Monasa atra
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Colaptes rubiginosus
White-throated Toucan
Ramphastos tucanus
Brown Jacamar
Brachygalba lugubris
Golden-spangled Piculet
Picumnus exilis
Tepui Toucanet
Aulacorhynchus whitelianus
Waved Woodpecker
Celeus undatus
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatus
Black-spotted Barbet
Capito niger
📅 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 Canaima National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Pied Puffbird sighting in Canaima National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pied Puffbird in Canaima National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Pied Puffbird in Canaima National Park in our monthly data.