Notharchus Macrorhynchos Bird
Notharchus Macrorhynchos Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Bucco macrorhynchos Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.406
Taxonomy: Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Notharchus
Taxonomy Code: guipuf1
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1788
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NOTHARCHUS
(Bucconidae; Ϯ White-necked Puffbird N. hyperrhynchus) Gr. νωθης nōthēs sluggish < νωθευω nōtheuō to be torpid; αρχος arkhos leader, chief < αρχω arkhō to rule; "Gattung Notharchus Nob. (Tamatia Scl. & Bp., nec Cuv.) ... Gen. NOTHARCHUS*) Nob. — Riesen-Tamatia. Tamatia (!) Scl. 1853 & Bp. 1854 (nec Cuv. 1817). 121.—2. N. Dysoni Nob. ?Tamatia gigas Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 13. gen. 14. 64. — "Bucco Dysoni Gray in Mus. Brit." Scl. Proc. Z. Soc. 1855. p. 193. 2. & p. 196. ... 122.—6. N. Swainsoni Nob. Tamatia macrorhynchus Sws. (nec Gm.) Zool. Ill. II. t. 99. ... *) Wir stellen diese Riesenformen unter den Tamatia's an's Ende der Bartkuckuke und geben ihnen den neuen aus νωθης (träge) und αρχος (Herrscher) zusammengesetzten Namen Notharchus, da wir uns nicht zu Gray's Ansicht bekehren können, dass die cuvier'sche Benennung Tamatia für diese Gruppe zu adoptiren sei. ... Die übrigen unter einander meistens sehr nahe verwandete Arten dieses Genus sind: 1. N. hyperrhynchus Nob. ... 3. N. macrorhynchus Nob. ... 4. N. albicrissus Nob. ... 5. N. napensis Nob. ... 7. N. pectoralis Nob. ... 8. N. Ordi Nob." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Notharchus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., Th. 4, 1862-63 (1863), Heft 1, p. 146, 149. Type, by subsequent designation, Bucco hyperrhynchus Sclater. (Sclater, Monogr. Jacamars and Puff-birds, 1882 [Pt. VII], p. xxxv.)" (Peters 1948, VI, 10) (see Nothriscus).
Var. Notarchus.
Synon. Capito, Megacephalus, Nothriscus.
macrorhyncha / macrorhynchos / macrorhynchus
Gr. μακρορρυγχος makrorrhunkhos long-billed < μακρος makros long; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
● ex “Great-billed Tody” of Latham 1782 (Cymbirhynchus).
● ex “Perroquet de la nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 713, “Perroquet à bec couleur de sang” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Great-billed Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus megalorhynchos).
● ex “Plus grand Barbu à gros bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 689, “Plus grand Tamatia noir et blanc” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Greater Pied Barbet” of Latham 1782 (Notharchus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)