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Swallow-winged Puffbird
Chelidoptera tenebrosa (Pallas, 1782)
Bucconidae — Puffbirds
Swallow-winged Puffbird, Chelidoptera tenebrosa, is a bird of north-west Venezuela, Amazonia and eastern Brazil in the family Bucconidae. It is the only species in its genus and belongs to the order Piciformes. It is also known as the swallow-wing. The bird is linked with open and semi-open country, especially places with scattered bushes on sandy ground within wooded areas. It also occurs in savanna, at forest edges, in secondary and deciduous forest, and in várzea and gallery forest. Its breeding range covers South America from north-west Venezuela through Amazonia to eastern Brazil.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Bucconidae — Puffbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: nw Venezuela, Amazonia and e Brazil
