Eastern Striolated Puffbird (Nystalus striolatus)
Striolated Puffbird, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image Carajás, Pará, Brazil
February 2002

The Eastern Striolated Puffbird is found from the Belém area to southern Amazonia, Mato Grosso and into Bolivia. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.

It seems to prefer forest edges.

Striolated Puffbird, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image The upperparts are brown and it has a chestnut crown. Underparts are creamy-yellow with dark stripes. The tail is barred brown and cream and the bill is pale with a darkish tip.
Striolated Puffbird, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image
Striolated Puffbird, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image
Striolated Puffbird, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image
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