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Chestnut-capped Puffbird

Bucco macrodactylus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 25 g
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 1
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7886353@N02 · CC BY 2.0
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 2
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7886353@N02 · CC BY 2.0
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 3
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7886353@N02 · CC BY 2.0
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 4
Photo: Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros · CC0
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 5
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 6
Photo: Rajan Rao · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 7
Photo: Vincent A. Vos · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 8
Photo: wang cai · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 9
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7886353@N02 · CC BY 2.0
Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus), photo 10
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7886353@N02 · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

The chestnut-capped puffbird is 14 to 16.5 cm (5.5 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 25 g (0.88 oz). Its plumage is unique among puffbirds. Its crown is chestnut, its nape a bright reddish orange, and the rest of the upperparts brown with a few lighter bars on the back and many on the rump. The tail is long, narrow, and warm dark brown. It has a thin white supercilium, black cheeks and lower throat with a white line between them, and a reddish white chin and upper throat. The chin feathers curl up over the base of the bill. Voice: The chestnut-capped puffbird's song is "a series of plaintive but abrupt rising notes ending in twitter, 'pup pup pep pep peep peep pip pip pip piz'".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Chestnut-capped Puffbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-capped Puffbird

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Colombia Ecuador Brazil Bolivia Venezuela

About the Chestnut-capped Puffbird

The chestnut-capped puffbird is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia) Spotted PuffbirdBucco tamatiaThe spotted puffbird is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs 33 to 42 g (1.2 to 1.5 oz). Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis) Collared PuffbirdBucco capensisThe collared puffbird is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighs 46 to 62 g (1.6 to 2.2 oz). Sooty-capped Puffbird (Bucco noanamae) Sooty-capped PuffbirdBucco noanamaeThe sooty-capped puffbird is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long.

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