Collared Puffbird
Bucco capensisLinnaeus, C, 1766
English (US) Collared Puffbird
The Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Bucconidae (Puffbirds) in the order Galbuliformes.
Range: southeastern Colombia to eastern Peru, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, and Mato GrossoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bucco capensis
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Collared Puffbird
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1766
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope, error = Guiana ex Brissonian reference.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.168
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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