The Guianan Puffbird is a forest bird with a white forehead and throat and a broad black breast band. It ranges through the Guianas, eastern Venezuela, and northeastern Brazil.
It has a white forehead and throat, a black back, and a broad black breast band edged above by a narrow white collar.
It mainly eats insects and may follow ant swarms. Both adults are reported to excavate the nest hole.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.