Moustached Puffbird / Malacoptila mystacalis
WBN 
Moustached Puffbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Monasa mystacalis Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 2 p.215
Taxonomy: Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Malacoptila
Taxonomy Code: moupuf1
Type Locality: Colombia; restricted to Valparaiso, Santa Marta, by Chapman, antea, 1917, p. 324.
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MALACOPTILA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ White-chested Puffbird M. fusca) Gr. μαλακος malakos soft; πτιλον ptilon plumage, feather; "MALACOPTILA, G. R. Gray (1841). Lypornix, Swains., et 2nd div. Wagl. (1827). Bucco, Gm., et 1st div. Vieill. (1823). M. fusca, (Gm.) G. R. Gray. L. torquatus, Hahn. B. striata, Spix, Av. Br., pl. 40. f. 2." (G. Gray 1841); "Malacoptila G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., ed. 2, 1841, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Bucco fuscus Gmelin (G. R. Gray, Gen. Bds., 1, 1846, p. [74])." (Peters 1948, VI, 16).
Synon. Lypornix.
mystacale / mystacalis
Mod. L. mystacalis moustached < Gr. μυσταξ mustax, μυστακος mustakos moustache < μασταξ mastax, μαστακος mastakos jaws, mouth < μασαομαι masaomai to chew.
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)
