Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
Swallow-winged Puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa) - HBW 7, p. 138
French: Barbacou à croupion blanc
German: Schwalbenfaulvogel
Spanish: Buco Golondrina
Other common names: Swallow-wing
Taxonomy: Cuculus tenebrosus Pallas, 1782, Surinam.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallida Cory, 1913 - NW Venezuela.
- tenebrosa (Pallas, 1782) - Venezuela (except NW), E Colombia and the Guianas S to E Ecuador, E Peru, Brazil (except SE) and N Bolivia.
- brasiliensis P. L. Sclater, 1862 - coastal SE Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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4.8
A pair on top ...
Brazil, Jul 2007
Josep del Hoyo
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4.4
A bird in a tr...
Brazil, Jul 2007
Josep del Hoyo
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4.4
An adult bird ...
Brazil, Jan 2005
Josep del Hoyo
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4.3
Peaceful portr...
Brazil, Aug 2011
Josep del Hoyo
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4.2
Two perched bi...
Suriname, Apr 2011
Pieter de Groot Boersma
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4
A bird perched...
Brazil, Aug 2010
Josep del Hoyo
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4.3
One bird perch...
Brazil, Jun 2009
Tomas Grim
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4.1
One ind from a...
Colombia, Dec 2011
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA...
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Individual adu...
Brazil, Jul 2011
Bruno Salaroli
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3.8
A bird perched...
Brazil, Nov 2011
Carmelo López
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3.7
Bird perched o...
French Gui..., Oct 2009
Patrick Ingremeau
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3.7
A bird perched...
Bolivia, Nov 2004
Joe Tobias
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A pair near the nest. Locality Porto Seguro, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp brasiliensis)
Ciro Albano 7 October 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
calls from two birds Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp tenebrosa)
Bradley Davis 22 July 2007 3 years ago 2
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