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title: "Swallow-winged Puffbird"
description: "Chelidoptera tenebrosa — Birds. The swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/swallow-winged-puffbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Swallow-winged Puffbird

> Chelidoptera tenebrosa — Birds. The swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds.

- Scientific name: *Chelidoptera tenebrosa*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1567
- Wikidata: [Q1274755](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1274755)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1507](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1507)

## Names

- en: Swallow-winged Puffbird
- de: Schwalben-Faulvogel
- es: Buco Golondrina
- fr: Barbacou à croupion blanc
- nl: Zwaluwbaardkoekoek
- pl: Drzym jaskółczy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (598), PE (280), CO (172), EC (132), GF (93), GY (80), BO (72), SR (45), VE (5)

## Summary

The swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is also called the swallow-wing. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow-winged_puffbird

## Photo

![Swallow-winged Puffbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/swallow-winged-puffbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241299252

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/swallow-winged-puffbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).