White-whiskered Puffbird

Malacoptila panamensis Lafresnaye, 1847

18 cmLength43 gWeight

The white-whiskered puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis), also called the white-whiskered soft-wing or brown puffbird, is a bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds.

Busiest months: January–March · Most records: Costa Rica, Panama, Belize

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: January–March · Most records: Costa Rica, Panama, Belize

White-whiskered Puffbird has been recorded at 178 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 8 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

PN Carara-Entrada principal [senderos Quebrada Bonita y Universal]Costa Rica3,884 records
Estación Biológica La Selva-OTSCosta Rica2,229 records
Black Rock LodgeBelize1,775 records

More places

Pipeline Road (Camino del Oleoducto)Panama1,388 records
PN Carara – Sendero La MeandricaCosta Rica1,309 records
Panama Rainforest Discovery CenterPanama1,267 records
RN San Cipriano-EscalereteColombia1,028 records
Pipeline Road – Parque Nacional SoberaníaPanama1,025 records
Semaphore Hill Road – Parque Nacional SoberaníaPanama981 records
Villa LapasCosta Rica957 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Costa Rica Panama Belize Ecuador Colombia Guatemala Nicaragua Honduras

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The white-whiskered puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis), also called the white-whiskered soft-wing or brown puffbird, is a bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found from southeastern Mexico through Central America (except El Salvador), Colombia, and Ecuador into Peru.

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Questions

How big is the White-whiskered Puffbird?

The White-whiskered Puffbird is about 18 cm long and weighs around 43 g.

Where does the White-whiskered Puffbird live?

Its breeding range: Middle America, South America: southeastern Mexico to western Ecuador. It is most often recorded in Costa Rica, Panama and Belize.