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Swallow-winged puffbird

Chelidoptera tenebrosa (Pallas, 1782)

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The swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa) is a species in the family Bucconidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 32.5 g to 38 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
Photo: Surucuá · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the swallow-winged puffbird

Weight
32.5 g – 38 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1.4 – 1.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the swallow-winged puffbird live?

Not recorded

What is the swallow-winged puffbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is also called the swallow-wing. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Swallow-winged puffbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swallow-winged_puffbird&oldid=1380578756), 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 swallow-winged puffbird endangered?

The swallow-winged puffbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the swallow-winged puffbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyBucconidae
  6. genusChelidoptera
  7. SpeciesChelidoptera tenebrosa (Pallas, 1782)

Synonyms Cuculus tenebrosus, Lypornix tenebrosa

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Swallow-wingEnglish
  • Swallow-wingEnglish
  • Swallow-wing puffbirdEnglish
  • barbacoll de carpó blancCatalan
  • lenivka vlaštovčíCzech
  • aderyn gwrychog adeinwennolWelsh
  • SvaledovenfuglDanish
  • SchwalbenfaulvogelGerman
  • Schwalben-FaulvogelGerman
  • hirunda bukonoEsperanto
  • Buco golondrinaSpanish
  • pääskylaiskuriFinnish
  • Barbacou à croupion blancFrench
  • dugokrili hakuruCroatian
  • fecskebukkóHungarian
  • Piumino ali di rondineItalian
  • ツバメオオガシラJapanese
  • kregždinis tingiapaukštisLithuanian
  • ZwaluwbaardkoekoekDutch
  • drzym jaskółczyPolish
  • urubuzinhoPortuguese
  • barbudo-andorinhaPortuguese
  • Ласточковая пуховкаRussian
  • Ласточкокрылая пуховкаRussian
  • lenivka lastovičiaSlovak
  • svalvingad trögfågelSwedish
  • Kırlangıç KeşişkuşuTurkish
  • лінивка ластівковаUkrainian
  • 燕翅䴕Chinese
  • 燕翅鴷Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the swallow-winged puffbird

Other species in the same family Bucconidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the swallow-winged puffbird?

An adult swallow-winged puffbird weighs 32.5 g – 38 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the swallow-winged puffbird endangered?

The swallow-winged puffbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the swallow-winged puffbird?

The swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa) belongs to the family Bucconidae in the order Piciformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/swallow-winged-puffbird

MLA

“Swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/swallow-winged-puffbird.

BibTeX
@misc{swallow_winged_puffbird_2026,
  title = {Swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/swallow-winged-puffbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}