Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Cyphos macrodactylus)

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
14 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Spix, 1824)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest. From sea-level - 600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Southern Venezuela, eastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador south to eastern Peru, upper Amazonian Brazil and northern Bolivia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus) [XC697653]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Ca\u00f1o Lagunilla - Morelia, Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (song)

Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus) [XC257067]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Loreto: right (w) bank R\u00edo Morona, ca. 54 km NNW of mouth of river, Peru (song)

Subspecies
Birds from R Caura region of southern Venezuela often treated as subspecies caurensis, but probably inseparable from other populations.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Cyphos macrodactylus) - 10 files

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