Malacoptila Panamensis Bird

English Name:  White-whiskered Puffbird
Latin Name:  Malacoptila panamensis
Protonym:  Malacoptila panamensis Rev.Zool. 10 p.79
Taxonomy:  Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Malacoptila
Taxonomy Code:  whwpuf1
Type Locality:  Panama.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1847
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.

panama / panamense / panamensis
Panama (said to be the name of a fishing village meaning "plenty of fish").

SUBSPECIES

White-whiskered Puffbird (inornata)
Latin Name: Malacoptila panamensis inornata
inornata / inornatum / inornatus
L. inornatus  plain, unadorned  < in-  not; ornatus  adorned, decorated  < ornare  to adorn.
● See: mavornata

White-whiskered Puffbird (panamensis)
Latin Name: Malacoptila panamensis panamensis
panama / panamense / panamensis
Panama (said to be the name of a fishing village meaning "plenty of fish").

White-whiskered Puffbird (poliopis)
Latin Name: Malacoptila panamensis poliopis
poliopis
Gr. πολιος polios  grey; -ωπις -ōpis  -faced  < ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face.

White-whiskered Puffbird (magdalenae)
Latin Name: Malacoptila panamensis magdalenae
magdalenae / magdalenensis
● Río Magdalena, Colombia (subsp. Malacoptila panamensis, subsp. Microbates cinereiventris, subsp. Pachyramphus cinnamomeus, subsp. Thamnophilus nigriceps, subsp. Thripadectes virgaticeps).
● Bahía Magdalena, Baja California, Mexico (subsp. Passerculus sandwichensis, syn. Rallus longirostris beldingi).
● Isla María Magdalena, Las Tres Marías Is., Mexico (subsp. Pheugopedius felix).
● Etymology undiscovered; an eponym or a toponym, but no clue is given (Wolters 1949, Beitr. Gattungssyst. Vögel, 13) (OD per Martin Schneider) (syn. Serinus mozambicus barbatus).
● Llanos de Magdalena, Baja California, Mexico (subsp. Thryomanes bewickii).