Malacoptila Fulvogularis Bird

Malacoptila Fulvogularis Bird

Malacoptila Fulvogularis Bird

English Name:  Black-streaked Puffbird
Latin Name:  Malacoptila fulvogularis
Protonym:  Malacoptila fulvogularis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1853) (1853), Pt21 no.255 p.123
Taxonomy:  Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Malacoptila
Taxonomy Code:  blspuf1
Type Locality:  Bolivia.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1854
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MALACOPTILA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ White-chested Puffbird M. fusca) Gr. μαλακος malakos  soft; πτιλον ptilon  plumage, feather; "MALACOPTILA, G. R. Gray (1841).  Lypornix, Swains., et 2nd div. Wagl. (1827).  Bucco, Gm., et 1st div. Vieill. (1823).   M. fusca, (Gm.) G. R. Gray.   L. torquatus, Hahn.   B. striata, Spix, Av. Br., pl. 40. f. 2." (G. Gray 1841); "Malacoptila G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., ed. 2, 1841, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Bucco fuscus Gmelin (G. R. Gray, Gen. Bds., 1, 1846, p. [74])." (Peters 1948, VI, 16).
Synon. Lypornix.

fulvogularis
L. fulvus tawny, brown; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.