Chestnut-capped puffbird
Bucco macrodactylus (von Spix, 1824)
Status not recordedbirds
The chestnut-capped puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus) is a species in the family Bucconidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 25 g.
Quick facts about the chestnut-capped puffbird
- Weight
- 25 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the chestnut-capped puffbird live?
Not recorded
What is the chestnut-capped puffbird?
The chestnut-capped puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut-capped puffbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut-capped_puffbird&oldid=1380717065), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the chestnut-capped puffbird endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the chestnut-capped puffbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyBucconidae
- genusBucco
- SpeciesBucco macrodactylus (von Spix, 1824)
Synonyms Argicus macrodactylus, Argicus macrodactylus caurensis, Bucco macrodactylus macrodactylus, Cyphos macrodactylus
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- barbacoll de corona rogencaCatalan
- lenivka černolícíCzech
- Brunisset DovenfuglDanish
- Langzehen-FaulvogelGerman
- Braunkappen-FaulvogelGerman
- brunĉapa bukonoEsperanto
- Buco cabecirrojoSpanish
- viir-puhvlindEstonian
- naamiolaiskuriFinnish
- Tamatia macrodactyleFrench
- šarenoglavi hakuruCroatian
- ujjas bukkóHungarian
- Piumino capocastanoItalian
- クリボウシオオガシラJapanese
- pūkapaukštisLithuanian
- BruinkapbaardkoekoekDutch
- brunkronedovenfuglNorwegian
- drzym jarzębatyPolish
- barbudo-de-coroa-ruivaPortuguese
- Rapazinho-de-bone-vermelhoPortuguese
- rapazinho-de-boné-vermelhoPortuguese
- Буроголовая пуховкаRussian
- Бурошапочная пуховкаRussian
- lenivka dlhoprstáSlovak
- Puf sa kestenjastom kapicomSerbian
- kastanjekronad trögfågelSwedish
- Kahverengi Tepeli PufkuşuTurkish
- лінивка довгопалаUkrainian
- 栗頂噴鴷Chinese
- 栗顶蓬头䴕Chinese
Relatives of the chestnut-capped puffbird
Other species in the same genus Bucco.
Collared puffbird
Bucco capensis
Spotted puffbird
Bucco tamatia
Sooty-capped puffbird
Bucco noanamae
CompareChestnut-capped puffbird vs Collared puffbirdChestnut-capped puffbird vs Spotted puffbirdChestnut-capped puffbird vs Sooty-capped puffbirdChestnut-capped puffbird vs Bucco indicus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the chestnut-capped puffbird?
An adult chestnut-capped puffbird weighs 25 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the chestnut-capped puffbird?
The chestnut-capped puffbird (Bucco macrodactylus) belongs to the family Bucconidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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