Malacoptila

Malacoptila
White-whiskered puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
	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
	Malacoptila striata	Crescent-chested puffbird	southeast Brazil