White-whiskered Puffbird / Malacoptila panamensis
White-whiskered Puffbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Malacoptila panamensis Rev.Zool. 10 p.79
Taxonomy: Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Malacoptila
Taxonomy Code: whwpuf1
Type Locality: Panama.
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1847
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.
panama / panamense / panamensis
Panama (said to be the name of a fishing village meaning "plenty of fish").
SUBSPECIES
White-whiskered Puffbird (inornata)
SCI Name: Malacoptila panamensis inornata
inornata / inornatum / inornatus
L. inornatus plain, unadorned < in- not; ornatus adorned, decorated < ornare to adorn.
● See: mavornata
White-whiskered Puffbird (panamensis)
SCI Name: Malacoptila panamensis panamensis
panama / panamense / panamensis
Panama (said to be the name of a fishing village meaning "plenty of fish").
White-whiskered Puffbird (poliopis)
SCI Name: Malacoptila panamensis poliopis
poliopis
Gr. πολιος polios grey; -ωπις -ōpis -faced < ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face.
White-whiskered Puffbird (magdalenae)
SCI Name: Malacoptila panamensis magdalenae
magdalenae / magdalenensis
● Río Magdalena, Colombia (subsp. Malacoptila panamensis, subsp. Microbates cinereiventris, subsp. Pachyramphus cinnamomeus, subsp. Thamnophilus nigriceps, subsp. Thripadectes virgaticeps).
● Bahía Magdalena, Baja California, Mexico (subsp. Passerculus sandwichensis, syn. Rallus longirostris beldingi).
● Isla María Magdalena, Las Tres Marías Is., Mexico (subsp. Pheugopedius felix).
● Etymology undiscovered; an eponym or a toponym, but no clue is given (Wolters 1949, Beitr. Gattungssyst. Vögel, 13) (OD per Martin Schneider) (syn. Serinus mozambicus barbatus).
● Llanos de Magdalena, Baja California, Mexico (subsp. Thryomanes bewickii).
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)