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Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Malacoptila

White-whiskered Puffbird

Malacoptila panamensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whwpuf1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Galbuliformes
Family: Bucconidae
Genus: Malacoptila

Subspecies (4)

Malacoptila panamensis inornata

Caribbean slope of southeastern Mexico to western Panama
Malacoptila panamensis magdalenae

west-central Colombia (Magdalena Valley)
Malacoptila panamensis panamensis

Pacific slope of southwestern Costa Rica to northwestern Colombia
Malacoptila panamensis poliopis

tropical southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whwpuf1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.