Order: Galbuliformes | Family: Bucconidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tambopata, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tambopata, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tambopata, Peru
Status: The Collared Puffbird is generally rare and locally uncommon in the mid-canopy of Terra Firme and to lesser extend tall and infrequently flooded Varzea Forest. Perhaps overlooked due to its habit of remaining motionless for extended periods of time. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Buco Acollarado.
Sub-species: Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis) Linnaeus, 1766.
Meaning of Name: Bucco: L. bucca= cheek. capensis= referring to Cape of Good Hope region in South Africa. This was apparently an error in labeling. The name for this species of Bucco was supposed to be cayanensis instead.

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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.