About the Swallow-winged Puffbird
The swallow-winged puffbird is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is also called the swallow-wing. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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The swallow-winged puffbird is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 30 to 41.5 g (1.1 to 1.5 oz). The nominate subspecies has sooty black upperparts with some bluish iridescence. The lower back and rump are white. Its tail is short and black with white tips to the feathers that quickly wear away. The wings are long and pointed. The chin is whitish, the throat grayish, and the breast sooty black fading to gray in its lower part. Its belly is orange-chestnut. The bill is black, the eye dark brown, and the feet dark gray or black. C. t. Voice: The swallow-winged puffbird has a "wittering song often given in flight". Its calls include "'tsi-tsi-tsi' and high clear 'dí-didi dí-didi dí-didi…'."
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
White-whiskered PuffbirdMalacoptila panamensisThe white-whiskered puffbird is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long with an average weight of about 43 g (1.5 oz).
White-necked PuffbirdNotharchus hyperrhynchusThe white-necked puffbird is about 25 cm (9.8 in) long and weighs 81 to 106 g (2.9 to 3.7 oz).It is mostly glossy black.
Black-fronted NunbirdMonasa nigrifronsThe black-fronted nunbird is 26 to 29 cm (10 to 11 in) long and weighs 68 to 98 g (2.4 to 3.5 oz).
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