Bucco
Bucco is a genus of birds in the puffbird family Bucconidae. Birds in the genus are native to the Americas.
| Bucco | |
|---|---|
| Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Bucconidae |
| Genus: | Bucco Brisson, 1760 |
| Type species | |
| Bucco capensis Linnaeus, 1766 | |
| Species | |
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The genus Bucco was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the collared puffbird as the type species. The name is from the Latin bucca for "cheek".
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