Bucco
Genus of birds
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Bucco is a genus of birds in the puffbird family Bucconidae. Birds in the genus are native to the Americas.
| Bucco | |
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| Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Bucconidae |
| Genus: | Bucco Brisson, 1760 |
| Type species | |
| Bucco capensis[1] Linnaeus, 1766 | |
| Species | |
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The genus Bucco was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the collared puffbird as the type species.[2] The name is from the Latin bucca for "cheek".[3]
Extant Species
The genus contains four species:[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collared puffbird
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Bucco capensis Linnaeus, 1766 |
northern region of South America in the Amazon Basin, southern Colombia and Venezuela, and the Guianas. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Chestnut-capped puffbird
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Bucco macrodactylus (Spix, 1824) |
northwestern South America in the western Amazon Basin of Brazil, in Amazonian Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia, and in the eastern Orinoco River Basin of Venezuela. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Sooty-capped puffbird | Bucco noanamae Hellmayr, 1909 |
Colombia. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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| Spotted puffbird
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Bucco tamatia (Gmelin, JF, 1788) Three subspecies
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Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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