White-chested Puffbird | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Bucconidae |
Genus: | Malacoptila |
Species: | M. fusca |
Binomial name | |
Malacoptila fusca (Gmelin, 1788) |
The White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca) is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.