Biology:Notharchus

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Short description: Genus of birds

Notharchus
Notharchus pectoralis.jpg
Black-breasted puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis)
Scientific classification e
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
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
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, Rondônia, 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.

References

  1. Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1863) (in German, Latin). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt. 4. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. pp. 146, 149. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49587609. 
  2. Sclater, P.L. (1882). A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae. London: R.H. Porter. p. xxxv. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42311952. 
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed (1948). Check-list of Birds of the World. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 10. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477443. 
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling. 
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Jacamars, puffbirds, toucans, barbets, honeyguides". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/jacamars/. Retrieved 24 July 2019. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Chesser, R. Terry; Banks, Richard C.; Barker, F. Keith; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L.; Kratter, Andrew W.; Lovette, Irby J.; Rasmussen, Pamela C. et al. (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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q963172 entry