Guianan Puffbird

Guianan Puffbird
Guianan Puffbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Bucconidae
Genus: Notharchus
Species: N. macrorhynchos
Binomial name
Notharchus macrorhynchos
(Gmelin, 1788)

The Guianan Puffbird (Notharchus macrorhynchos) is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. It is found in forest and woodland in north-eastern South America, (and named after the Guianas), in far eastern Venezuela, north-eastern Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. It formerly included N. hyperrhynchus as a subspecies, but under the common name White-necked Puffbird (the name now used for N. hyperrhynchus). The two differ markedly in bill-size (N. hyperrhynchus larger-billed than N. macrorhynchos), plumage (among others, N. hyperrhynchus has less black to the flanks and more white to the forecrown than N. macrorhynchos), and voice. Consequently, the two were separated by SACC in 2004.[2] As presently defined, the Guianan Puffbird is monotypic.

References

  1. ^ "Notharchus macrorhynchos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2009. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/150951. Retrieved 2011-01-03. 
  2. ^ Split Notharchus hyperrynchus from N. macrorhynchos. South American Classification Committee. Accessed 2008-08-07



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