Bucconidae

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Noun1.Bucconidae - puffbirds
family Bucconidae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
order Piciformes, Piciformes - woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans
puffbird - brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers
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The vomer is reduced and tapered rostrocaudally in all the analysed species, the same pattern is found in the Cuculiformes of the New World (POSSO; DONATELLI, 2006) and in the species of Bucconidae (LADEIRA; HOFLING, 2007).
Phylogeny of the species of Ciconia (Aves, Ciconiidae) based on cranial osteological characteristics
Momotus aeijuatorialis Andean Motmot CH, S BUCCONIDAE, Puffbird 70.
Aves del Santuario Nacional Tabaconas Namballe, vertiente oriental de los Andes del Norte Peruano
La mayor cobertura se presento con las familias Cardinalidae, Picidae y Mimidae con un 100% de cobertura, seguido por Thauripidae, Trogloditidae, Bucconidae, Coerebidae y Polioptilidae con un 88% de cobertura.
Avifauna de bosque seco subtropical presente en ocho localidades de la media Guajira Colombiana
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