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Swallow-winged Puffbird

Chelidoptera tenebrosa (Pallas, PS 1782)

The swallow-winged puffbird 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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Bucconidae
Genus:
   Chelidoptera
Scientific:
  Chelidoptera tenebrosa


Original description

Citation:
  (Pallas, PS 1782)

Reference:
   Neue Nordische Beyträge 3 p.2 pl.1 fig.1

Protonym:
  Cuculus tenebrosus

Type locality:
  Surinam.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102973#page/11/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  B2B4CA5815AB38A2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-B2B4CA58

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/B2B4CA58


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554401

Geographic range:

  • Chelidoptera tenebrosa: humid and gallery forest in savannas from the lowlands of northwestern Venezuela, in Zulia, eastward to the Guianas and southward across the entire Amazon River basin southward to northern Bolivia and to interio Brazil in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Mato Grosso do Sul, also in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil from Bahia southward to Espirito Santo
  • Chelidoptera tenebrosa tenebrosa: eastern Colombia to the Guianas, northern Bolivia, and Brazil (except southeastern)
  • Chelidoptera tenebrosa pallida: northwestern Venezuela
  • Chelidoptera tenebrosa brasiliensis: coastal southeastern Brazil
English:
Swallow-wing
Afrikaans:
Swaelvlerkpofvoël
Bulgarian:
Синя пуховка
Catalan:
Barbacoll de carpó blanc
Czech:
lenivka vlaštovčí
Danish:
Svaledovenfugl
German:
Schwalbenfaulvogel
Esperanto:
hirunda bukono
Spanish:
Buco Golondrina
Spanish (Spain):
Buco Golondrina
Estonian:
pääsu-puhvlind
Finnish:
pääskylaiskuri
French:
Barbacou à croupion blanc
Croatian:
dugokrili hakuru
Hungarian:
fecskebukkó
Icelandic:
Svöluhlunkur
Italian:
Piumino ali di rondine
Japanese (romaji):
tsubameoogashira
Japanese:
ツバメオオガシラ
Lithuanian:
Kregždinis tingiapaukštis
Dutch:
Zwaluwbaardkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svaledovenfugl
Norwegian:
Svaledovenfugl
Polish:
drzym jaskółczy
Portuguese:
Urubuzinho
Portuguese (Brazil):
urubuzinho
Portuguese (Portugal):
barbudo-andorinha
Russian:
Ласточковая пуховка
Slovak:
lenivka lastovičia
Serbian:
Lastokrili puf
Swedish:
svalvingad trögfågel
Turkish:
Kırlangıç keşişkuşu
Ukrainian:
Лінивка ластівкова
Chinese:
燕翅䴕
Chinese (Traditional):
燕翅鴷


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Barbacou à croupion blanc ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Barbacou à croupion blanc ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Swallow-wing Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Chelidoptera tenebrosa [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Chelidoptera tenebrosa [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Chelidoptera tenebrosa [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Swallow-wing ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025):
Swallow-winged Puffbird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chelidoptera tenebrosa [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chelidoptera tenebrosa [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Swaelvlerkpofvoël
Arawak: Sebebe
Bulgarian: Синя пуховка
Catalan: Barbacoll de carpó blanc
Carib: Saperapera, Witi
Czech: Lenivka vlaštovcí, lenivka vlaštovčí
Danish: Svaledovenfugl
German: Schwalbenfaulvogel, Schwalben-Faulvogel
Aukan: Awiyo
Emerillon: Tsapelap
English: Swallow wing, Swallow-wing, Swallow-wing Puffbird, Swallow-winged Puffbird
English (Avilist): Swallow-winged Puffbird
English, HBW: Swallow-winged Puffbird
English (IOC): Swallow-winged Puffbird
English (United States): Swallow-winged Puffbird
Esperanto: Funebra monaĥino, hirunda bukono
Spanish: Bobito Mirasol, Buco Golondrina, Chacurú Golondrina, Monjita Culiblanca
Spanish (Colombia): Monjita Culiblanca
Spanish (Ecuador): Buco Golondrina
Spanish (Spain): Buco Golondrina
Spanish (HBW): Swallow-winged Puffbird
Spanish (Peru): Buco Golondrina
Spanish (Venezuela): Aguantasol, Bobito Mirasol
Estonian: pääsu-puhvlind
Finnish: Pääskylaiskuri
French: Barbacou à croupion blanc
French (Guyane): Barbacou à croupion blanc
Croatian: dugokrili hakuru
Hungarian: fecskebukkó
Icelandic: Svöluhlunkur
Italian: Bucco alidirondine, Piumino ali di rondine
Japanese (romaji): tsubameoogashira
Japanese: ツバメオオガシラ
Scientific: Chelidoptera tenebrosa, Chelidoptera tenebrosa tenebrosa, Cuculus tenebrosus, Lypornix tenebrosa
Lithuanian: Kregždinis tingiapaukštis
Dutch: Zwaluwbaardkoekoek, Zwaluw-baardkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svaledovenfugl
Norwegian: Svaledovenfugl, Svalevinge
Wayampi: Sapela, Tape
Polish: drzym jaskólczy, drzym jaskółczy
Portuguese: andorinha, andorinha-cavadeira, andorinha-da-mata, andorinha-do-chão, Andorinha-do-mato, joão-tolo, miolinho, moleque-de-cera, taterá, Urubuzinho
Portuguese (Brazil): andorinha, andorinha-cavadeira, andorinha-da-mata, andorinha-do-chão, andorinha-do-mato, joão-tolo, miolinho, moleque-de-cera, taterá, Urubuzinho
Portuguese (Portugal): barbudo-andorinha, Urubuzinho
Russian: Ласточковая пуховка, Ласточкокрылая пуховка
Slovak: Lenivka lastovičia
Serbian: Lastokrili puf
Sranan: Gronman
Swedish: Svalvingad trögfågel
Turkish: Kırlangıç keşişkuşu
Ukrainian: Лінивка ластівкова
Wayana: Kulumiyek
Chinese: 燕翅䴕, 燕翅鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 燕翅鴷

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