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White-chested puffbird

Malacoptila fusca (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The white-chested puffbird (Malacoptila fusca) is a species in the family Bucconidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 45 g to 45.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-chested puffbird (Malacoptila fusca)
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-chested puffbird

Weight
45.4 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
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the white-chested puffbird live?

Not recorded

What is the white-chested puffbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-chested puffbird (Malacoptila fusca) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is one of seven species in the genus Malacoptila. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “White-chested puffbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-chested_puffbird&oldid=1309919532), 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 white-chested puffbird endangered?

The white-chested 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 white-chested puffbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPiciformes
  5. familyBucconidae
  6. genusMalacoptila
  7. SpeciesMalacoptila fusca (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Synonyms Bucco fuscus, Malacoptila fusca fusca, Malacoptila fusca venezuelae

Other names and names in other languages (26)
  • barbacoll de pit blancCatalan
  • lenivka běloprsáCzech
  • aderyn gwrychog torwynWelsh
  • Hvidskjoldet DovenfuglDanish
  • Weißbrust-FaulvogelGerman
  • blankbrusta bukonoEsperanto
  • Buco pechiblancoSpanish
  • partalaiskuriFinnish
  • Tamatia brunFrench
  • mrki hakuruCroatian
  • Piumino pettobiancoItalian
  • ムナジロオオガシラJapanese
  • baltakrūtė malakoptilaLithuanian
  • WitborstbaardkoekoekDutch
  • oransjenebbdovenfuglNorwegian
  • drzym pstryPolish
  • barbudo-pardoPortuguese
  • barbudo-raiadoPortuguese
  • Тёмная пуховкаRussian
  • Белогрудая малакоптилаRussian
  • lenivka bieloprsáSlovak
  • vitbröstad trögfågelSwedish
  • Ak Gerdanlı PufkuşuTurkish
  • таматія світлогрудаUkrainian
  • 白胸噴鴷Chinese
  • 白胸蓬头䴕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the white-chested puffbird

Other species in the same genus Malacoptila.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-chested puffbird?

An adult white-chested puffbird weighs 45.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-chested puffbird endangered?

The white-chested 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 white-chested puffbird?

The white-chested puffbird (Malacoptila fusca) belongs to the family Bucconidae in the order Piciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). White-chested puffbird (Malacoptila fusca). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-chested-puffbird

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{white_chested_puffbird_2026,
  title = {White-chested puffbird (Malacoptila fusca)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-chested-puffbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}