Hypnelus

Hypnelus
Russet-throated puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Bucconidae
Genus:
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

Genus Hypnelus – Cabanis & Heine, 1863 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Two-banded puffbird

Hypnelus bicinctus
(Gould, 1837)

Two subspecies
  • H. b. bicinctus
  • H. b. stoicus
eastern Colombia and Venezuela. Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Russet-throated puffbird

Hypnelus ruficollis
(Wagler, 1829)

Four subspecies
  • H. r. decolor
  • H. r. ruficollis
  • H. r. striaticollis
  • H. r. coloratus
northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



References

  1. ^ "Picidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  • Museum Heineanum, p. 143


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