Hypnelus ruficollis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The russet-throated puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. The taxonomy of the russet-throated puffbird is complicated. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) adds H. r. striaticollis. Like HBW, the Clements taxonomy does not recognize striaticollis; both include it within decolor. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (SACC) recognizes that treating H. bicinctus as a species might be valid but has not received a formal proposal for the split.
The russet-throated puffbird is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 41 to 57 g (1.4 to 2.0 oz). The adult of the nominate subspecies has a dark brown crown with pale brown spots, a reddish spot just over the bill, a white... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Russet-throated Puffbird sighting in Barranquilla on a given day, based on 95 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 48th most-seen of the 153 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Russet-throated Puffbird in Barranquilla on a given day, against about 10% in July and November–March, the lowest months. Those are among Barranquilla's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Russet-throated Puffbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Barranquilla, in our data
Barranquilla is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Russet-throated Puffbird sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Piciformes
The closest relatives of the Russet-throated Puffbird that you can see in Barranquilla (order Piciformes, Woodpeckers and Allies) are Red-crowned Woodpecker (about 30%) and Spot-breasted Woodpecker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Russet-throated Puffbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Barranquilla (95 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
