Order: Galbuliformes | Family: Bucconidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manaus, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Peru
Status: The Chestnut-capped Puffbirds is uncommon in Varzea and Terra Firme forest in the Amazonian lowlands. It favors forest edges and mature second growth. It has been recorded up to 1000 m of elevation in the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Buco de Gorro Castaño.
Sub-species: Chestnut-capped Puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus) Spix, 1824.
Meaning of Name: Bucco: L. bucca= cheek. macrodactylus: Gr. makro= great, edaktulos= big toe.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 11/09/2014.