Notharchus

Notharchus
Black-breasted puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Piciformes
Family:Bucconidae
Genus:Notharchus
Cabanis & Heine, 1863
Species

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Notharchus is a genus of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. Established by Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1863, it contains the following species:[1]

Extant Species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Notharchus hyperrhynchus[2]White-necked puffbirdnorthern Colombia (including Magdalena Valley), northern Venezuela, and the western and southern Amazon Basin
Notharchus macrorhynchos[2]Guianan puffbirdnorth-eastern South America (and named after The Guianas), in far eastern Venezuela, north-eastern Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
Notharchus ordiiBrown-banded puffbirdBolivia, Brazil, and Peru, and in the Orinoco River region of Venezuela
Notharchus pectoralisBlack-breasted puffbirdColombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
Notharchus swainsoniBuff-bellied puffbirdArgentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
Notharchus tectusPied puffbirdBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.


The name Notharchus comes from the Greek words nōthēs, meaning "sluggish" and arkhos, meaning "leader" or "chief".[3]

References

  1. "ITIS Report: Notharchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.


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