Buff-bellied Puffbird / Notharchus swainsoni
Buff-bellied Puffbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Bucco swainsoni Gen.Birds 1 p.76
Taxonomy: Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Notharchus
Taxonomy Code: bubpuf1
Type Locality: Brazil.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1846
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NOTHARCHUS
(Bucconidae; Ϯ White-necked Puffbird N. hyperrhynchus) Gr. νωθης nōthēs sluggish < νωθευω nōtheuō to be torpid; αρχος arkhos leader, chief < αρχω arkhō to rule; "Gattung Notharchus Nob. (Tamatia Scl. & Bp., nec Cuv.) ... Gen. NOTHARCHUS*) Nob. — Riesen-Tamatia. Tamatia (!) Scl. 1853 & Bp. 1854 (nec Cuv. 1817). 121.—2. N. Dysoni Nob. ?Tamatia gigas Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 13. gen. 14. 64. — "Bucco Dysoni Gray in Mus. Brit." Scl. Proc. Z. Soc. 1855. p. 193. 2. & p. 196. ... 122.—6. N. Swainsoni Nob. Tamatia macrorhynchus Sws. (nec Gm.) Zool. Ill. II. t. 99. ... *) Wir stellen diese Riesenformen unter den Tamatia's an's Ende der Bartkuckuke und geben ihnen den neuen aus νωθης (träge) und αρχος (Herrscher) zusammengesetzten Namen Notharchus, da wir uns nicht zu Gray's Ansicht bekehren können, dass die cuvier'sche Benennung Tamatia für diese Gruppe zu adoptiren sei. ... Die übrigen unter einander meistens sehr nahe verwandete Arten dieses Genus sind: 1. N. hyperrhynchus Nob. ... 3. N. macrorhynchus Nob. ... 4. N. albicrissus Nob. ... 5. N. napensis Nob. ... 7. N. pectoralis Nob. ... 8. N. Ordi Nob." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Notharchus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., Th. 4, 1862-63 (1863), Heft 1, p. 146, 149. Type, by subsequent designation, Bucco hyperrhynchus Sclater. (Sclater, Monogr. Jacamars and Puff-birds, 1882 [Pt. VII], p. xxxv.)" (Peters 1948, VI, 10) (see Nothriscus).
Var. Notarchus.
Synon. Capito, Megacephalus, Nothriscus.
swainsoni / swainsonii
William Swainson (1789-1855) English naturalist, artist, collector (Buteo, syn. Campephaga flava, Catharus, Chlorostilbon, syn. Circus macrourus, syn. Coracina lineata, syn. Cossypha niveicapilla, syn. Criniger calurus verreauxi, syn. Doricha enicura, Gampsonyx, syn. Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris, syn. Iduna caligata, Limnothlypis, syn. Mackenziaena severa, syn. Momotus momota bahamensis, Myiarchus (ex “Suirirí pardo amarillo menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 193), syn. Myrmeciza longipes (ex Myrmothera longipes Swainson, 1825), subsp. Notharchus macrorhynchos, Onychorhynchus, syn. Pachyramphus marginatus, Passer, syn. Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, syn. Phigys solitarius, syn. Philohydor lictor, syn. Phylloscopus nitidus, Polytelis, Pternistis, syn. Ptilinopus regina, subsp. Ramphastos ambiguus, syn. Struthidea cinerea, syn. Tangara sayaca, syn. Thinocorus rumicivorus, syn. Trichoglossus moluccanus, syn. Turdoides jardineii, subsp. Vireo gilvus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)