Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Puffbirds and allies no image yet Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Bucconidae Genera Notharchus Bucco Nystalus Hypnelus Micromonacha Nonnula Hapaloptila Chelidoptera Malacoptila Monasa 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, Gabuliformes: 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 Russet-throated Puffbird, Hypnelus ruficollis 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.