- White-necked Puffbird
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White-necked Puffbird Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Bucconidae Genus: Notharchus Species: N. hyperrhynchus Binomial name Notharchus hyperrhynchus
(Sclater, 1856)Synonyms Notharchus macrorhynchos hyperrhynchus
The White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus) is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.
It is found in forest and woodland from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó, northern Colombia (including Magdalena Valley), northern Venezuela, and the western and southern Amazon Basin.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of N. macrorhynchos, but under the common name White-necked Puffbird. 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.[1]
References
- ^ Split Notharchus hyperrynchus from N. macrorhynchos. South American Classification Committee. Accessed 2008-08-07
- BirdLife International 2006. Notharchus hyperrhynchus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
External links
- White-necked Puffbird videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Belize) with RangeMap
- White-necked Puffbird photo gallery VIREO
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Notharchus
- Birds of Central America
- Birds of the Yucatán Peninsula region
- Birds of Mexico
- Native birds of Southern Mexico
- Birds of Belize
- Birds of Guatemala
- Birds of El Salvador
- Birds of Honduras
- Birds of Nicaragua
- Birds of Costa Rica
- Birds of Panama
- Birds of South America
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of Colombia
- Birds of Venezuela
- Birds of Ecuador
- Birds of Bolivia
- Birds of Peru
- Piciformes stubs
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