Puffbirds
Order: Piciformes. Family: Bucconidae
The puffbirds are related to the jacamars, and have the same range, but lack the iridescent colours of that family. They are mainly brown, rufous or grey, with large heads and flattened bills with a hooked tip. The loose abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English common name of the family. There are 14 species which have been recorded in Venezuela.
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos
- Brown-banded Puffbird Notharchus ordii
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Chestnut-capped Puffbird Bucco macrodactylus
- Spotted Puffbird Bucco tamatia
- Collared Puffbird Bucco capensis
- Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis
- Two-banded Puffbird Hypnelus bicinctus
- White-chested Puffbird Malacoptila fusca
- Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mystacalis
- Rusty-breasted Nunlet Nonnula rubecula
- Black Nunbird Monasa atra
- White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus
- Swallow-wing Chelidoptera tenebrosa
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