White-necked Puffbird
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Bucconidae |
| Genus: | Notharchus |
| Species: | N. hyperrhynchus |
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| Notharchus hyperrhynchus (Sclater, 1856) |
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Notharchus macrorhynchos hyperrhynchus |
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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.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Notharchus hyperrhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Split Notharchus hyperrynchus from N. macrorhynchos. South American Classification Committee. Accessed 2008-08-07
External links
- White-necked Puffbird videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Belize) with RangeMap
- White-necked Puffbird photo gallery VIREO
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