Puffbird
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Bucconidae )
Puffbirds and allies
Genera
Notharchus
The puffbirds and their relatives in the near passerine bird family Bucconidae are tropical near passerine birds from South America , extending up to Mexico .
They are related to the jacamars , but lack the iridescent colours of that family. They are mainly brown, with large heads and flattened bills with a hooked tip. They feed on insects.
Like most of their relatives, this group are hole nesters, laying 2-3 white eggs in a hole in the ground or a termite mound.
This group is related to other Piciformes as below, although it should be noted that the jacamars and the puffbirds are sometimes given an order of their own, Galbuliformes:
Order Piciformes
Family Picidae, (woodpeckers , piculets , and wrynecks
Family Capitonidae, (barbets )
Family Ramphastidae, (toucans )
Family Indicatoridae, (honeyguides )
Family Galbulidae, (jacamars
Family Bucconidae:
Genus Notharchus
White-necked Puffbird , Notharchus macrorhynchos
Black-breasted Puffbird , Notharchus pectoralis
Brown-banded Puffbird , Notharchus ordii
Pied Puffbird , Notharchus tectus
Genus Bucco
Chestnut-capped Puffbird , Bucco macrodactylus
Spotted Puffbird , Bucco tamatia
Sooty-capped Puffbird , Bucco noanamae
Collared Puffbird , Bucco capensis
Genus Nystalus
Barred Puffbird , Nystalus radiatus
White-eared Puffbird , Nystalus chacuru
Striolated Puffbird , Nystalus striolatus
Spot-backed Puffbird , Nystalus maculatus
Genus Hypnelus
Genus Malacoptila
White-chested Puffbird , Malacoptila fusca
Semicollared Puffbird , Malacoptila semicincta
Crescent-chested Puffbird , Malacoptila striata
Black-streaked Puffbird , Malacoptila fulvogularis
Rufous-necked Puffbird , Malacoptila rufa
White-whiskered Puffbird , Malacoptila panamensis
Moustached Puffbird , Malacoptila mystacalis
Genus Micromonacha
Lanceolated Monklet , Micromonacha lanceolata
Genus Nonnula , the nunlets
Fulvous-chinned Nunlet , Nonnula sclateri
Rusty-breasted Nunlet , Nonnula rubecula
Brown Nunlet , Nonnula brunnea
Gray-cheeked Nunlet , Nonnula frontalis
Rufous-capped Nunlet , Nonnula ruficapilla
Chestnut-headed Nunlet , Nonnula amaurocephala
Genus Hapaloptila
White-faced Nunbird , Hapaloptila castanea
Genus Monasa , the nun birds
Black Nunbird , Monasa atra
Black-fronted Nunbird , Monasa nigrifrons
White-fronted Nunbird , Monasa morphoeus
Yellow-billed Nunbird , Monasa flavirostris
Genus Chelidoptera
Swallow-wing Chelidoptera tenebrosa
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