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]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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White-necked puffbird | Notharchus hyperrhynchus (Sclater, PL, 1856) |
northern Colombia (including Magdalena Valley), northern Venezuela, and the western and southern Amazon Basin[6]![]() |
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LC
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Guianan puffbird | Notharchus macrorhynchos (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
north-eastern South America (and named after The Guianas), in far eastern Venezuela, north-eastern Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana[6]![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Brown-banded puffbird | Notharchus ordii (Cassin, 1851) |
Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, and in the Orinoco River region of Venezuela![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Black-breasted puffbird | Notharchus pectoralis (Gray, 1846) |
Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Buff-bellied puffbird | Notharchus swainsoni (Gray, 1846) |
Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay![]() |
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LC
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Pied puffbird | Notharchus tectus (Boddaert, 1783) Three subspecies
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Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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