| Spot-backed Puffbird (Nystalus maculatus) (aka Spot-bellied Puffbird) |
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Brazil The Spot-backed Puffbird is found from north east Brazil through to Paraguay, northern Argentina and Bolivia. It prefers low dry forest and caatinga where they hunt insects such as beetles. |
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It is similar in size to the White-eared Puffbird (Nystalus chacuru) and it also has a red bill but has no white on the sides of the head. The lower throat and collar is a yellowish brown while the breast and belly are white with black spots. The nest is a hole excavated in a bank or even on flat ground. |
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| There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 7, Pages 112, 114 and 124. | |||
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