How to Identify Bucconidae

Key Identification Features

• It has a distinctive medium-sized white ear patch, which gives the species its common name, and this white patch is surrounded by a dark ear patch.
• The upper breast features a white crescent shape, with a black band directly below it.
• The nominate subspecies has two or three distinct color morphs.
• The chin, throat, and breast are rufous, with indistinct darker streaks on the breast.

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