Key Identification Features
- Four subspecies of the white-whiskered puffbird have distinct ranges.
- The nominate subspecies has two or three distinct color morphs.
- 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 long, narrow tail features broad black bars and narrow buffy bars.
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