Notharchus

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Notharchus
Notharchus pectoralis.jpg
Black-breasted puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Bucconidae
Genus: Notharchus
Cabanis & Heine, 1863
Type species
Bucco hyperrhynchus
Species

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Notharchus is a genus of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.

The genus was introduced by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1863. [1] The type species was subsequently designated as the white-necked puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus) by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1882. [2] [3] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek nōthēs meaning "sluggish" and arkhos meaning "leader" or "chief". [4]

The genus contains six species: [5]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Notharchus hyperrhynchus -Belize -perching in tree-8.jpg Notharchus hyperrhynchus [6] White-necked puffbird northern Colombia (including Magdalena Valley), northern Venezuela, and the western and southern Amazon Basin
Notarchus macrorhynchus - Guianan puffbird; Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg Notharchus macrorhynchos [6] Guianan puffbird north-eastern South America (and named after The Guianas), in far eastern Venezuela, north-eastern Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
Notharchus ordii Brown-banded Puffbird; Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil.jpg Notharchus ordii Brown-banded puffbird Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, and in the Orinoco River region of Venezuela
Black-breasted-puffbird.png Notharchus pectoralis Black-breasted puffbird Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
Notharchus swainsoni - Buff-bellied puffbird.jpg Notharchus swainsoni Buff-bellied puffbird Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
Pied Puffbird - Ecuador.jpg Notharchus tectus Pied puffbird Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

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References

  1. Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1863). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 4. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. pp. 146, 149.
  2. Sclater, P.L. (1882). A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae. London: R.H. Porter. p. xxxv.
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 10.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  274. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Jacamars, puffbirds, toucans, barbets, honeyguides". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. 1 2 Chesser, R. Terry; Banks, Richard C.; Barker, F. Keith; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L.; Kratter, Andrew W.; Lovette, Irby J.; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Remsen, Jr., J. V.; Rising, James D.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Winker, Kevin (July 2009). "Fiftieth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds". The Auk. 126 (3): 705–714. doi: 10.1525/auk.2009.8709 . JSTOR   10.1525/auk.2009.8709.