Moustached Puffbird
Malacoptila mystacalis(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1850)
English (US) Moustached Puffbird
The Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Bucconidae (Puffbirds) in the order Galbuliformes.
Range: Andes of Colombia and northern VenezuelaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Malacoptila mystacalis
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Moustached Puffbird
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Monasa mystacalis
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1850)
- Type locality
- Colombia; restricted to Valparaiso, Santa Marta, by Chapman, antea, 1917, p. 324.
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 2 p.215
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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