Hypnelus ruficollis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Russet-throated Puffbird sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, based on 196 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 73rd most-seen of the 285 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and September–October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Russet-throated Puffbird in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in June–August and November–April, the lowest months. Those are among Tayrona National Natural Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 5 mm 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 Tayrona National Natural Park, in our data
Tayrona National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Russet-throated Puffbird sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Russet-throated Puffbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Tayrona National Natural Park (196 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
