Creature Feature #611. Puffbird

The Puffbird are a Family of small-to-medium-size Passerine birds found in South America. Like their sleek and colourful cousins, the Jacamar, they are sit-and-wait predators.Many species are secretive and shy, vocalising only at dawn and dusk. he nest is a burrow in dirt, rotting wood or a termite mound, in which 2-3 eggs are laid. Chicks hatch naked and blind, but within a few days of age will crawl to the entrance to meet their parents.

This fellow is a Collared Puffbird.

The Nunbird Genus also fall within this Family. They are the gregarious and garrulous members of the Family.