Rufous Necked Puffbird

March 13, 2012

Rufous-necked Puffbird (Malacoptila rufa): This puffy insect-eater from the southern Amazon Basin will sit very still on a perch waiting for larger flying insects to come by and then sally out and grab them with its heavy bill. Puffbirds nest in tunnels in earthen banks in the forest.
 

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(c) The Field Museum, Division of Birds, John Bates