puffbirdn.
/ˈpʌfbəːd/, U.S. /ˈpəfˌbərd/ Any of numerous perching birds that constitute the tropical American family Bucconidae and have large heads, heavy bills, and lax plumage which gives them a stout appearance.The puffbirds have traditionally been placed in the order Piciformes, but they and the jacamars are now often placed in a separate order, Galbuliformes.
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1821–2 W. Swainson Zool. Illustr. II. Pl. 99 There is something very grotesque in the appearance of all the Puff birds.
1895 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 144 The Bucconidæ or puff-birds with forty-three species.
1950 Condor 52 74 Recently Skutch..published an important article on the life history of certain puff-birds in which the Swallow-wing..is mentioned briefly.
2000 P. Mena et al. in J. G. Robinson & E. L. Bennett Hunting for Sustainability in Trop. Forests iv. 62 The hawks, eagles.., and tanagers were evaluated as useful by the community. Ducks, vultures,..puffbirds.., and sparrows were not used by the Huaorani.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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