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BUCCONIDAE - Puffbirds1 (10:36)
NOTHARCHUS Cabanis & F. Heine, Sr., 1863 M - Bucco hyperrhynchus P.L. Sclater, 1856; type by subsequent designation (P.L. Sclater, 1882, Monograph Jacamars and Puff-birds, pt. 4, p. xxxv).  2
Notharchus hyperrhynchus3,4 White-necked Puffbird
hyperrhynchus (P.L. Sclater, 1856)5 δvS Mexico (N and SE Oaxaca) to SW Ecuador, C and S Venezuela and W Amazonia (east to R. Branco and R. Tapajós)
paraensis Sassi, 1932 vE Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, west to R. Tapajós)
Notharchus macrorhynchos   (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) Guianan Puffbird
E Venezuela (S Delta Amacuro, E Bolívar), the Guianas, N Brazil (north of R. Amazon, west to R. Branco)
Notharchus swainsoni 6  (G.R. Gray, 1846) Buff-bellied Puffbird
SE Brazil (SE Bahia and Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina), E Paraguay, NE Argentina (Misiones)
Notharchus pectoralis 7  (G.R. Gray, 1846) Black-breasted Puffbird
vC Panama (E Colón, Panamá) to NC and W Colombia and NW Ecuador (N Esmeraldas)
Notharchus ordii   (Cassin, 1851) Brown-banded Puffbird
iLocally in S Venezuela (Amazonas), NE and SE Peru (Loreto; SE Madre de Dios), NW Bolivia (Pando) and Amazonian Brazil
Notharchus tectus Pied Puffbird
1 subtectus (P.L. Sclater, 1860) vNE Costa Rica to N and W Colombia and SW Ecuador (Guayas)
2 tectus (Boddaert, 1783) vS and E Venezuela, the Guianas, N and E Amazonian Brazil (west to R. Negro and R. Madeira), NE Bolivia
2 picatus (P.L. Sclater, 1856) vSE Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, W Amazonian Brazil (north of R. Amazon, east to R. Negro)
BUCCO Brisson, 1760 M - Bucco Brisson; type by tautonymy = Bucco capensis Linnaeus, 1766  
Bucco macrodactylus8 Chestnut-capped Puffbird
macrodactylus (von Spix, 1824) vW and C Amazonia (east to R. Branco and R. Madeira)
caurensis (Cherrie, 1916)9 vSE Venezuela (NE Amazonas, Bolívar)
Bucco noanamae   Hellmayr, 1909 Sooty-capped Puffbird
iNW Colombia (Chocó, W Antioquia)
Bucco tamatia10 Spotted Puffbird
tamatia J.F. Gmelin, 178811 iE Colombia, S and E Venezuela, the Guianas, N Brazil (north of R. Amazon, west to R. Negro)
pulmentum P.L. Sclater, 185612 iS Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, N Bolivia, W Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, east to R. Purus)
hypnaleus (Cabanis & F. Heine, Sr., 1863)13,14 δvE Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, west to R. Tapajós)
Bucco capensis 15  Linnaeus, 1766 Collared Puffbird
vE Ecuador and E Peru to S and E Venezuela, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil and NW Bolivia (Pando)
NYSTALUS Cabanis & F. Heine, Sr., 1863 M - Alcedo maculata J.F. Gmelin, 1788; type by subsequent designation (P.L. Sclater, 1882, Monograph Jacamars and Puff-birds, pt. 4, p. xxxv).  
Nystalus radiatus 16  (P.L. Sclater, 1854) Barred Puffbird
vC Panama (Colón) to NC and W Colombia and SW Ecuador (El Oro)
Nystalus striolatus Striolated Puffbird
striolatus (von Pelzeln, 1856) vFoothills of E Andes of Ecuador; SW Amazonia (south of R. Amazon, east to upper R. Teles Pires)
torridus J. Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940 vNE Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon in NE Pará)
Nystalus chacuru White-eared Puffbird
uncirostris (Stolzmann, 1926) vLocally in E Peru, C and E Bolivia and adjacent SW Brazil (SW Mato Grosso)
chacuru (Vieillot, 1816) iE and S Brazil (Tocantins and Bahia to N Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay, NE Argentina (Misiones)
Nystalus maculatus Spot-backed Puffbird
maculatus (J.F. Gmelin, 1788)17 vE and S Brazil (along R. Amazon in Pará; Maranhão to Rio Grande do Norte, C Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais)
striatipectus (P.L. Sclater, 1854)18 iE and S Bolivia, SW Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), W Paraguay, N Argentina (south to Córdoba)
Nystalus obamai 19,20  Whitney et al., 2013 Western Striolated Puffbird
Amazonia W of the Rio Madeira in Brazil, S Ecuador and N Bolivia [Whitney, 2013 #14814]
HYPNELUS Cabanis & F. Heine, Sr., 1863 M - Tamatia bicincta Gould, 1837; type by subsequent designation (P.L. Sclater, 1882, Monograph Jacamars and Puff-birds, pt. 4, p. xxxv).  21
Hypnelus ruficollis Russet-throated Puffbird
decolor Todd & Carriker, 1922 iNE Colombia (Guajira), NW Venezuela (Paraguaná Pen.)
ruficollis (Wagler, 1829) vN Colombia (E Córdoba to Magdalena and Cesar, south to E Antioquia), NW Venezuela (W Zulia)
striaticollis W.H. Phelps & W.H. Phelps, Jr., 195822 vNW Venezuela (NE Zulia, W Falcón) [Phelps, 1958 #3043]
coloratus Ridgway, 1914 vNE Colombia (Norte de Santander), W Venezuela (S Zulia, NW Táchira, W Mérida, W Trujillo)
bicinctus (Gould, 1837)23 vNE Colombia (N Meta, N Vichada) to N and C Venezuela (E Falcón, N Amazonas and N Bolívar)
stoicus Wetmore, 1939 vIsla de Margarita (off N Venezuela)
MALACOPTILA G.R. Gray, 1841 F - Bucco fuscus J.F. Gmelin, 1788; type by subsequent designation (G.R.Gray, 1855, Cat. of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds, p. 15).
Malacoptila fusca 24,25  (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) White-chested Puffbird
vE Ecuador to SW Venezuela and EC Peru; the Guianas, N Brazil (north of R. Amazon, west to R. Branco)
Malacoptila semicincta 26  Todd, 1925 Semicollared Puffbird
vW Amazonian Brazil (Acre, SW Amazonas) to E Peru (south of R. Amazon, east of R. Ucayali) and N Bolivia (Pando)
Malacoptila striata Crescent-chested Puffbird
minor Sassi, 1911 vNE Brazil (E Maranhão)
striata (von Spix, 1824) vSE Brazil (SE Bahia and E Minas Gerais to Santa Catarina)
Malacoptila rufa Rufous-necked Puffbird
rufa (von Spix, 1824) vNE Peru (Loreto), W Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, east to R. Madeira), NE and E Bolivia
brunnescens J.T. Zimmer, 1931 iE Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, west to R. Madeira)
Malacoptila panamensis27 White-whiskered Puffbird
inornata (Du Bus, 1847)28 vCaribbean slope of SE Mexico (N Chiapas, E Tabasco) to W Panama (Bocas del Toro)
panamensis Lafresnaye, 184729 vW Costa Rica to NW and W Colombia (S Córdoba and Chocó)
magdalenae Todd, 1943 iNC Colombia (middle Magdalena valley from Bolívar to E Antioquia and W Santander)
poliopis P.L. Sclater, 1862 vSW Colombia (W Valle) to SW Ecuador (El Oro)
Malacoptila fulvogularis30 Black-streaked Puffbird
substriata P.L. Sclater, 1854 vE slope of E Andes of Colombia (W Meta to SE Cauca)
huilae Meyer de Schauensee, 1946 iSC Colombia (head of Magdalena valley in Huila)
fulvogularis P.L. Sclater, 1854 vLocally on E slope of Andes of N Ecuador (W Napo) to C Bolivia (Cochabamba)
Malacoptila mystacalis 31  (Lafresnaye, 1850) Moustached Puffbird
vSanta Marta Mts.; Sierra de Perijá; Andes of Colombia, Andes and Coastal Range of Venezuela
MICROMONACHA P.L. Sclater, 1881 F - Bucco lanceolata Deville, 1849; type by monotypy  
Micromonacha lanceolata 32  (Deville, 1849) Lanceolated Monklet
vE Costa Rica to WC Panama; SW Colombia to NW Ecuador; SC Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, W Brazil
NONNULA P.L. Sclater, 1854 F - Bucco rubecula von Spix, 1824; type by original designation  
Nonnula rubecula33 Rusty-breasted Nunlet
duidae Chapman, 1914 iS Venezuela (Amazonas north of R. Orinoco)
interfluvialis Parkes, 1970 vS Venezuela (Amazonas south of R. Orinoco), N Brazil (north of R. Negro) [Parkes, 1970 #2923]
tapanahoniensis Mees, 1968 vSurinam, N Brazil (north of R. Amazon, west to lower R. Negro) [Mees, 1968 #2612]
simulatrix Parkes, 1970 iSE Colombia, W Amazonian Brazil (north of R. Amazon, east to R. Negro) [Parkes, 1970 #2923]
cineracea P.L. Sclater, 1881 vNE Ecuador (E Sucumbíos), NE Peru (N and E Loreto), W Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, east to R. Madeira)
simplex Todd, 1937 iC Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, R. Madeira to R. Tapajós)
rubecula (von Spix, 1824) iEC and SE Brazil (C Bahia to SE Mato Grosso do Sul and Santa Catarina), E Paraguay, NE Argentina (Misiones)
Nonnula sclateri   Hellmayr, 1907 Fulvous-chinned Nunlet
iSE Peru (Ucayali, Madre de Dios), N Bolivia (Pando), W Amazonian Brazil (Acre, SW Amazonas)
Nonnula brunnea   P.L. Sclater, 1881 Brown Nunlet
vSC Colombia, E Ecuador, N Peru (south of R. Napo, west of R. Amazon)
Nonnula frontalis34 Gray-cheeked Nunlet
stulta Wetmore, 1953 vC Panama (Colón, N Coclé) to NW Colombia (N Chocó) [Wetmore, 1953 #4137]
pallescens Todd, 1919 iN Colombia (N Antioquia to NW Magdalena)
frontalis (P.L. Sclater, 1854) vNC Colombia (S Córdoba to S Cesar and NW Santander)
Nonnula ruficapilla35 Rufous-capped Nunlet
rufipectus Chapman, 1928 iNE Peru (north of R. Amazon and R. Marañón in Loreto)
ruficapilla (von Tschudi, 1844) iE Peru (south of R. Amazon and R. Marañón), W Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, east to R. Purus)
nattereri Hellmayr, 1921 iN and E Bolivia, C Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, R. Madeira to R. Xingu)
inundata Novaes, 1991 vE Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, R. Xingu to R. Tocantins) [Novaes, 1991 #2786]
Nonnula amaurocephala   Chapman, 1921 Chestnut-headed Nunlet
vN Amazonian Brazil (north of R. Amazon, lower R. Japurá to R. Negro)
HAPALOPTILA P.L. Sclater, 1881 F - Malacoptila castanea J. Verreaux, 1866; type by original designation and monotypy  
Hapaloptila castanea   (J. Verreaux, 1866) White-faced Nunbird
vW Andes of Colombia to NW Ecuador (Pichincha), locally on E slope of Andes of Ecuador to C Peru (Huánuco)
MONASA Vieillot, 1816 F - Coucou noir de Cayenne Buffon; type by monotypy = Cuculus ater Boddaert, 1783  
Monasa atra   (Boddaert, 1783) Black Nunbird
vS and E Venezuela, the Guianas, N Brazil (north of R. Amazon, west to R. Negro)
Monasa nigrifrons Black-fronted Nunbird
nigrifrons (von Spix, 1824) iSE Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, W and C Brazil (east to R. Negro, Piauí, Goiás and W São Paulo)
canescens Todd, 1937 iE Bolivia
Monasa morphoeus White-fronted Nunbird
grandior P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868 vCaribbean slope of E Honduras to NW Panama (W Bocas del Toro)
fidelis Nelson, 1912 vCaribbean slope of C Panama (Colón) to NW Colombia (R. Sinú)
pallescens Cassin, 1860 iPacific slope of EC Panama (E Panamá) to NW Colombia (Chocó)
sclateri Ridgway, 1912 iNC Colombia (N Antioquia and Bolívar, south in Magdalena valley to N Tolima)
peruana P.L. Sclater, 185636 vE Ecuador to SW Venezuela, E Peru and W and C Amazonian Brazil (east to R. Negro and R. Tapajós), and N Bolivia (Pando, N La Paz, W Beni)
rikeri Ridgway, 191237 E Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, west to R. Tapajós)
morphoeus (Hahn & Küster, 1823) iCoastal SE Brazil (Bahia to Rio de Janeiro)
Monasa flavirostris   Strickland, 1850 Yellow-billed Nunbird
vSC Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, NW Bolivia, W Amazonian Brazil (SE Acre, S Amazonas)
CHELIDOPTERA Gould, 1837 F - Lypornix tenebrosa Wagler, 1827; type by monotypy = Cuculus tenebrosus Pallas, 1782  
Chelidoptera tenebrosa Swallow-winged Puffbird
pallida Cory, 191338 vNW Venezuela (Zulia)
tenebrosa (Pallas, 1782) vC and E Venezuela, the Guianas and Amazonia to EC Brazil (Piauí, Goiás, NW São Paulo)
brasiliensis P.L. Sclater, 1862 vCoastal E Brazil (Alagoas to E São Paulo)
1 Classification follows Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184] except for boundaries of certain genera, which they altered using still-unpublished data.
2 Included in Bucco by Cottrell (1968) [Cottrell, 1968 #14232].
3 The spelling used by Peters (1948) [Peters, 1948 #3014] was corrected by Eisenmann (1958) [Eisenmann, 1958 #1492] but was mistakenly used by Dickinson (2003) [Dickinson, 2003 #9533].
4 For treatment as a separate species from N. macrorhynchos see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184] and Chesser et al. (2009) [Chesser, 2009 #11793].
5 Includes cryptoleucus; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
6 For treatment as a separate species see Alvarenga et al. (2002) [Alvarenga, 2002 #9749].
7 Considered to form a superspecies with N. ordii by Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
8 Placed in the monotypic genus Argicus by Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184]. But see Penhallurick (2008) [Penhallurick, 2008 #11901].
9 Not recognised by Peters (1948) [Peters, 1948 #3014] or Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184], but see Phelps & Phelps (1958) [Phelps, 1958 #3044] and Meyer de Schauensee & Phelps (1978) [Meyer de Schauensee, 1978 #2680].
10 This and B. noanamae placed in the genus Nystactes by Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184], who also considered them to form a superspecies.
11 Includes inexpectatus; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184]. Also includes cuyunii Phelps & Phelps, Jr., 1949 [Phelps, 1949 #3030]; see Meyer de Schauensee & Phelps (1978) [Meyer de Schauensee, 1978 #2680].
12 Includes punctuliger; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
13 Correct original spelling. Spelling hypneleus in Peters (1948) [Peters, 1948 #3014] and Dickinson (2003) [Dickinson, 2003 #9533] based on an ISS.
14 Includes interior; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
15 Includes dugandi Gilliard, 1949 [Gilliard, 1949 #1705]; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
16 May form a superspecies with N. striolatus; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
17 Includes parvirostris; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
18 Includes pallidigula see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
19 Recognition of this requires revision, not yet done, of the range given for both races of the Striolated Puffbird. AND if accepted at species rank that species will need a qualifying adjective to its name.
20 NOT accepted as a separate species by S.A.C.C. ####
21 Included in Bucco by Cottrell (1968) [Cottrell, 1968 #14232].
22 Considered doubtfully diagnosable from ruficollis by Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184]; see also Restall et al. (2006) [Restall, 2006 #12477].
23 Considered a separate species (including stoicus) by Peters (1948) [Peters, 1948 #3014], Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184], and Restall et al. (2006) [Restall, 2006 #12477]; but see also Phelps & Phelps (1958) [Phelps, 1958 #3043], Meyer de Schauensee (1966) [Meyer de Schauensee, 1966 #2676], and Sibley & Monroe (1990) [Sibley, 1990 #3636].
24 Considered to form a superspecies with M. semicincta by Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184]; Sibley & Monroe (1990) [Sibley, 1990 #3636] also included M. striata.
25 Includes venezuelae Phelps & Phelps, Jr., 1947 [Phelps, 1947 #3026]; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184], but see also Restall et al. (2006) [Restall, 2006 #12477].
26 For treatment as a separate species from M. fusca see Traylor (1951) [Traylor, 1951 #3859].
27 May form a superspecies with M. fulvogularis and M. mystacalis; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
28 Includes fuliginosa; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
29 Includes chocoana Meyer de Schauensee, 1950 [Meyer de Schauensee, 1950 #2670]; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
30 Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184] considered both substriata and huilae as doubtfully diagnosable and treated the species as monotypic, although Cory (1919) [Cory, 1919 #6027] treated substriata as a separate species; see also Restall et al. (2006) [Restall, 2006 #12477].
31 Tentatively includes pacifica Meyer de Schauensee, 1949 [Meyer de Schauensee, 1949 #2669]; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
32 Includes austinsmithi; see Wetmore (1968) [Wetmore, 1968 #4151].
33 Subspecies classification follows Parkes (1970) [Parkes, 1970 #2923]; some subspecies may deserve species rank (Rasmussen & Collar 2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
34 For continued treatment as a separate species from N. ruficapilla see Hilty & Brown (1986) [Hilty, 1986 #1967].
35 Forms a superspecies with N. frontalis and N. amaurocephala; see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
36 Includes boliviana; see Bond & Meyer de Schauensee (1943) [Bond, 1943 #14233] and Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184].
37 Not recognised by Peters (1948) [Peters, 1948 #3014] but see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184]. Whether the name albifrons von Spix, 1824 [Spix, 1824 #7983], overlooked by Peters (1948) [Peters, 1948 #3014], applies to this population requires further research.
38 For recognition see Rasmussen & Collar (2002) [Rasmussen, 2002 #12184] and Restall et al. (2006) [Restall, 2006 #12477].
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