Sooty-capped Puffbird
Bucco noanamaeHellmayr, CE, 1909
English (US) Sooty-capped Puffbird
The Sooty-capped Puffbird (Bucco noanamae) 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: coastal western Colombia (Gulf of Urabá to Rio San Juan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Bucco noanamae
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Sooty-capped Puffbird
- Described by
- Hellmayr, CE, 1909
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Hellmayr, CE, 1909
- Type locality
- Noanama, 100 feet, Rio San Juan, Choco, Colombia.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 25 p.21
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Swallow-winged Puffbird
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