Bucco


Bucco is a genus of birds in the puffbird family Bucconidae. Birds in the genus are native to the Americas.
The genus Bucco was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the collared puffbird as the type species. The name is from the Latin bucca for "cheek".

Extant Species

The genus contains four species:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Bucco capensisCollared puffbirdnorthern region of South America in the Amazon Basin, southern Colombia and Venezuela, and the Guianas.
Bucco macrodactylusChestnut-capped puffbirdnorthwestern South America in the western Amazon Basin of Brazil, in Amazonian Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia, and in the eastern Orinoco River Basin of Venezuela.
Bucco noanamaeSooty-capped puffbirdColombia.
Bucco tamatiaSpotted puffbirdBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela