Nombre en español: Bobo Pechirrufo

Nombre en ingles: Brown-banded Puffbird

Nombre científico: Notharchus ordii

Familia: Bucconidae

Foto: Nick Athanas/Hernán Arias

Canto: Andrew Spencer

El buco pechipardo (Notharchus ordii), también denominado chacurú pechipardo, chacurú de pecho pardo, juan de la selva y bobo pechirrufo, es una especie de ave galbuliforme de la familia Bucconidae que vive en América del Sur.

Descripción

Mide entre 17 y 20 cm. El plumaje de sus partes superiores y las alas es negruzco. Su píleo y pico son negros, mientras que el resto de la cabeza y cuello son blancos, tiene el pecho marrón y entre ambas zonas hay una franja delgada oscura. Su vientre es claro ligeramente listado.

Distribución y hábitat

Esta especie se distribuye por el occidente de la Amazonia en Bolivia, Brasil, Perú y en la región del río Orinoco en Venezuela.

Vive en los niveles superior y medio del bosque húmedo de tierra firme y en áreas arenosas, o cerca de afloramientos rocosos.

Alimentación

Se alimenta de insectos.

Reproducción

Anida en los huecos de los árboles, producidos por el picoteo al comer insectos o en barrancos. La hembra pone dos a tres huevos blancos y brillantes. Tanto el macho como la hembra cuidan de los polluelos.

Brown-banded puffbird

The brown-banded puffbird (Notharchus ordii) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds. It is one of six species in the genus Notharchus.

It is found in Amazon Basin areas of Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, and in the Orinoco River region of Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests.

Range, north-central Amazonas, Brazil

The brown-banded puffbird can be found in an area some 1,700 km (1,100 mi) long and 400 km (250 mi) wide, which includes the north and centre of Amazonas state, Brazil—a northwestern region of the Amazon Basin—and the upper reaches of the Orinoco River in south-central Venezuela, where it flows north into the Caribbean. A separate, much smaller region of the bird’s range is 1,500 km (930 mi) further south, where the borders of Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil meet.

Other localized, small populations occur on the Amazon River (downstream of the Tapajós-Amazon confluence), and on four of its tributaries: the central Tapajós River, lower Madeira River, lower Rio Negro, and lower Ucayali River.

The Brown-banded Puffbird is one of the largest of the puffbirds and closely related to the more widespread White-necked Puffbird (Notharcus macrorhynchos). The distribution of this rare species is continuous in the «Guianan Shield» region of northeastern South America, but it also occurs locally as far west as eastern Peru and northern Bolivia, where it is found in white sand forests and on well-drained upland terraces. It’s plumage is rather similar to the White-necked Puffbird, but it is smaller, lacks a white eyebrow, and has a brown band across the breast. Little is known about the natural history of the Brown-banded Puffbird, but its behavior is probably similar to other members of the genus. The only reported nest was high above the ground in a termite nest, consistent with the cavity-nesting behavior of other species of puffbirds.