Black-breasted Puffbird
Notharchus pectoralis(Gray, GR, 1846)
English (US) Black-breasted Puffbird
The Black-breasted Puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis) 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: humid forest of eastern Panama to western Colombia and northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Notharchus pectoralis
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-breasted Puffbird
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1846)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Bucco pectoralis
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1846)
- Type locality
- No locality.
- Original description
- The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 1, pt.32 p.74, pl.26
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Brown-banded Puffbird
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Pied Puffbird
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