Birds of Colombia

    PICIFORMES: Bucconidae (Puffbirds)  
Genus: Bucco (4 species, 4 worldwide)


Collared Puffbird
Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis)
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)
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Sooty-capped Puffbird
Sooty-capped Puffbird (Bucco noanamae) ENDEMIC
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)
Puerto NariƱo, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Eating caterpillar


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