| Malacoptila | |
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| White-whiskered puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Bucconidae |
| Genus: | Malacoptila G.R. Gray, 1841 |
| Species | |
| 7, see article. | |
Malacoptila is a genus of puffbird in the Bucconidae family, one of ten genera.
Extant Species
It contains the following seven species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
) | Malacoptila fulvogularis | Black-streaked puffbird | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
) | Malacoptila fusca | White-chested puffbird | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
_(27650616104).jpg')) | Malacoptila mystacalis | Moustached puffbird | Colombia and Venezuela |
) | Malacoptila panamensis | White-whiskered puffbird | southeastern Mexico to central Ecuador. |
) | Malacoptila rufa | Rufous-necked puffbird | Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru |
| Malacoptila semicincta | Semicollared puffbird | Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru | |
.jpg')) | Malacoptila striata | Crescent-chested puffbird | southeast Brazil |