White-chested puffbird

White-chested puffbird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Bucconidae
Genus: Malacoptila
Species:
M. fusca
Binomial name
Malacoptila fusca
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "White-chested Puffbird Malacoptila fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2021.