Cladus: Eukaryota Name Notharchus macrorhynchos (Gmelin, 1788) Reference Systema Naturae 1 pt1 p.406 Vernacular names
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. ^ BirdLife International (2009) Notharchus macrorhynchos In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. www.iucnredlist.org Retrieved on 2011-01-03. * BirdLife International 2006. Notharchus macrorhynchos. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Source: Wikipedia, Wikispecies: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
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