Guianan Puffbird
Notharchus macrorhynchos(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Guianan Puffbird
The Guianan Puffbird (Notharchus macrorhynchos) 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: eastern Venezuela, northeastern Brazil, and the GuianasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Notharchus macrorhynchos
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Guianan Puffbird
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Bucco macrorhynchos
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.406
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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