Sooty-capped puffbird
Bucco noanamae Hellmayr, 1909
Status not recordedbirds
The sooty-capped puffbird (Bucco noanamae) is a species in the family Bucconidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh about 35.5 g.
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Quick facts about the sooty-capped puffbird
- Weight
- 35.5 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 sooty-capped puffbird live?
Not recorded
What is the sooty-capped puffbird?
The sooty-capped puffbird (Bucco noanamae) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is endemic to Colombia.
From the Wikipedia article “Sooty-capped puffbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sooty-capped_puffbird&oldid=1379851627), 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 sooty-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 sooty-capped puffbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyBucconidae
- genusBucco
- SpeciesBucco noanamae Hellmayr, 1909
Synonyms Nystactes noanamae
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- barbacoll de ColòmbiaCatalan
- lenivka kouřováCzech
- lenivka nížinnáCzech
- aderyn gwrychog pendduWelsh
- Chocó DovenfuglDanish
- Hellmayrs FaulvogelGerman
- Rußkappen-FaulvogelGerman
- fulgoĉapa bukonoEsperanto
- Bobo de NoanamáSpanish
- Buco de NoanamáSpanish
- nokilakkilaiskuriFinnish
- Tamatia de ColombieFrench
- tamnokapi hakuruCroatian
- barnasapkás bukkóHungarian
- Piumino capocenereItalian
- ハイボウシオオガシラJapanese
- tamsiakepuris pūkuotasis tingiapaukštisLithuanian
- RoetkapbaardkoekoekDutch
- gråkinndovenfuglNorwegian
- drzym kolumbijskiPolish
- rapazinho-do-chocóPortuguese
- barbudo-de-cabeça-cinzentaPortuguese
- Темноголовая пуховкаRussian
- Черношапочная пуховкаRussian
- lenivka kolumbijskáSlovak
- Puf sa čađavom kapicomSerbian
- sotkronad trögfågelSwedish
- Noanama PufkuşuTurkish
- лінивка колумбійськаUkrainian
- 烏頂噴鴷Chinese
- 乌顶蓬头䴕Chinese
Relatives of the sooty-capped puffbird
Other species in the same genus Bucco.
Chestnut-capped puffbird
Bucco macrodactylus
Collared puffbird
Bucco capensis
Spotted puffbird
Bucco tamatia
CompareSooty-capped puffbird vs Chestnut-capped puffbirdSooty-capped puffbird vs Collared puffbirdSooty-capped puffbird vs Spotted puffbirdSooty-capped puffbird vs Bucco indicus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sooty-capped puffbird?
An adult sooty-capped puffbird weighs 35.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the sooty-capped puffbird?
The sooty-capped puffbird (Bucco noanamae) 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.
- 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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