Notharchus is a genus of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.
| Notharchus | |
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| Black-breasted puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis) | |
Scientific classification 
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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 P.L. Sclater, 1856
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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 |
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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 |
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Notharchus ordii | Brown-banded puffbird | Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, and in the Orinoco River region of Venezuela |
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Notharchus pectoralis | Black-breasted puffbird | Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. |
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Notharchus swainsoni | Buff-bellied puffbird | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay |
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Notharchus tectus | Pied puffbird | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sclater, P.L. (1882). A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae. London: R.H. Porter. p. xxxv.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 10.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Jacamars, puffbirds, toucans, barbets, honeyguides". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ a b 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.
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