Notharchus | |
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Black-breasted puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Bucconidae |
Genus: | Notharchus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
Type species | |
Bucco hyperrhynchus P.L. Sclater, 1856
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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]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Notharchus hyperrhynchus[6] | White-necked puffbird | northern Colombia (including Magdalena Valley), northern Venezuela, and the western and southern Amazon Basin | |
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 | Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, and in the Orinoco River region of Venezuela | |
Notharchus pectoralis | Black-breasted puffbird | Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. | |
Notharchus swainsoni | Buff-bellied puffbird | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay | |
Notharchus tectus | Pied puffbird | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
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