Hypnelus
Genus of birds
Hypnelus | |
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Russet-throated puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Bucconidae |
Genus: | Hypnelus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
Type species | |
Tamatia bicincta[1] Gould, 1837 |
Hypnelus is a genus of birds in the family Bucconidae. It contains 2 species of South American puffbirds. Some taxonomic authorities consider both species to be conspecific, together taking the name russet-throated puffbird.
Species
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Two-banded puffbird
| Hypnelus bicinctus (Gould, 1837) Two subspecies
| eastern Colombia and Venezuela. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Russet-throated puffbird
| Hypnelus ruficollis (Wagler, 1829) Four subspecies
| northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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References
- ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- Museum Heineanum, p. 143
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Genera of trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, woodpeckers and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Infraclass: Neognathae
- Clade: Coraciimorphae
- Clade: Cavitaves
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