Chestnut-capped Puffbird / Bucco macrodactylus
Chestnut-capped Puffbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cyphos macrodactylus Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 1 p.51 pl.39 fig.2
Taxonomy: Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Bucco
Taxonomy Code: chcpuf1
Type Locality: 'In sylvis flumen Amazonum'' ; restricted to Fonte Boa, Brazil, by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 102.
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1824
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BUCCO
(Bucconidae; † Collared Puffbird B. capensis) L. bucca cheek, especially when puffed out “Brisson styles it Bucco from the fullness of the cheeks, Barbu from its bristles, a sort of beard, from which I form the generical name Barbet” (Pennant 1773); "BUCCO, nom donné à ce genre par Brisson, à cause du renflement de sa mandibule à sa base, de bucca (joue)" (Cuvier 1817) (Bucco was originally applied to the toucans and barbets because of the fullness of their cheeks, but latterly to the puffbirds because, “the disproportionate size of the head is rendered more conspicuous by the bird raising its feathers so as to appear not unlike a puffball” (Newton & Gadow 1896)); "Bucco. Genus 49. ... Genus Bucconis (1) ... (1) Bucco, nomen a me huic generi impositum a buccarum sive genarum & capitis crassitie. ... Le Genre du Barbu (1) ... (1) J'ai donné à ce genre le nom de Barbu, à cause des plumes roides & en forme de poils, dont la bâse du bec des especes de ce genre est garnie, & qui forment une espece de barbe" (Brisson 1760); "Bucco Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 42; 4, p. 91, 92. Type, by tautonymy, Bucco Brisson = Bucco capensis Linné." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 11).
Synon. Eutamatia, Tamatia.
• (Megalaimidae; syn. Psilopogon † Great Barbet P. virens) "BARBU (2), Bucco. (Linn.) ... Esp. B. Grandis. - (Atroflavus (Blumenb. T. 65.) ou erytrhonotos [sic] (Cuv.) aussi (Vaill. supp. pl. 57.) - Trogon maculatus; et un grand nombre d'espèces nouvelles. ... (2) Toutes les espèces sont des pays chauds de l'ancien continent" (Temminck 1820).
• (Ramphastidae; syn. Ramphastos † Red-billed Toucan R. tucanus) "GROOTBEK, TOUCAN, in het Latyn Bucco. Hy is de Ramphastos van LINN. Syst. Nat. het 38ste geslacht. Braziliaanse Aakster van ALDROVANDUS. Orn. I. p. 398. T. 12. f. 5. Toucan der Schryveren.§ ... § Hy is afgebeeld by J. NIEUHOF. Braz. Zee en Landreizen, bl. 29. 30. met den naam van Grootbek, ook by ALBIN, tom. II. pl. 25. by PISO. p. 92. met den naam van Aracari. by EDWARDS. pl. LXIV. en by WILLUGHBY. Tab. XX. met den naam van Pica Brasiliensis" (Moehring 1758).
macrodactyla / macrodactylum / macrodactylus
Gr. μακροδακτυλος makrodaktulos long-toed < μακρος makros long; δακτυλος daktulos toe.
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)