Birds of the World

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Genus: Bucco (4 species)


Collared Puffbird
Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis)
Range: SA: se Colombia to e Peru, s, e Venezuela, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil and nw Bolivia
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Brayan Coral Jaramillo   © All Rights Reserved.
Rare and sought after

Chestnut-capped Puffbird
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus)
Range: SA: w, c Amazonia
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Sooty-capped Puffbird
Sooty-capped Puffbird (Bucco noanamae)
Range: SA: w Colombia
Bocas del Atrato, Choco, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Found in a flooded mangrove forest and best known from the mangroves around Bocas del Atrato.


Spotted Puffbird
Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia pulmentum)
Range: SA: Amazonia
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Eating caterpillar

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