puffbird

(ˈpʌfˌbɜːd)

(Animals) any of various brownish tropical American birds of the family Bucconidae, having a large head: order Piciformes (woodpeckers, etc)

[C19: so called because of its habit of puffing out its feathers]

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Noun

puffbird - brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers

piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood

Bucconidae, family Bucconidae - puffbirds

References in periodicals archive

Momotus aeijuatorialis Andean Motmot CH, S BUCCONIDAE, Puffbird 70.

Aves del Santuario Nacional Tabaconas Namballe, vertiente oriental de los Andes del Norte Peruano

Bucconidae Spot-backed Puffbird Nystalus maculatus (Gmelin, 1788) Fam.

Environmental perception and use of fauna from a Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) in Brazilian semiarid/Percepcao ambiental e usos da fauna de uma Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural (RPPN) no semiarido brasileiro

The informants reported 30 bird species as biodindicators of rain, being most commonly mentioned the smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani), laughing cachinnans (Herpetotheres cachinnans), red-legged (Cariana cristata), and spot-backed puffbird (Nystalus maculatus).

Prenuncio de chuvas pelas aves na percepcao de moradores de comunidades rurais no municipio de Soledade-PB, Brasil

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