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BUFF-BELLIED PUFFBIRD Notharchus swainsoni ATLANTIC FOREST
A large, sometimes quarrelsome puffbird of the Atlantic Forest. He makes his nest in arboreal termite mounds, digging a tunnel into the nest, leaving the annoyed insects to repair the damage done by the tunnel walls, leaving a perfect nest chamber. Not exactly friendly neighbours, but the two manage to put up with each other for long enough for the puffbird to raise his brood.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2591PH) Ventral view adult, Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2592PH) Adult on nest in termite mound, Reserva Privada Ka´i Rague (Huguito Cabral undated).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2593PH) Adult ventral, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2594PH) Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith October 2008).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE2595VI) Same individual as (FPAVE2591PH) preening (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE3771VI) Adult, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2012).
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Notharchus swainsoni
1 (FPAVE2596RE) Call recorded Sapucaí, Departamento Caaguazú (Myriam Velázquez November 2002).
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