Hypnelus Ruficollis Bird

English Name:  Russet-throated Puffbird
Latin Name:  Hypnelus ruficollis
Protonym:  Capito ruficollis Isis 22 col.658
Taxonomy:  Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Hypnelus
Taxonomy Code:  rutpuf1
Type Locality:  Mexico, error =r Cartagena, Colombia.
Author:  Wagler
Publish Year:  1829
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

HYPNELUS
(Bucconidae; Ϯ Two-banded Puffbird H. bicinctus) Gr. ὑπνηλος hupnēlos  drowsy, indolent  < ὑπνος hupnos  sleep; generic names in this family reflect the stolid and sedentary behaviour of the puffbirds; "Gen. HYPNELUS**) Nob. — Halsband-Bartkuckuk.   Chaunornis Bp. 1854 (nec Gray 1841).   115.—1. H. bicinctus Nob.   Tamatia bicincta Gould Proc. Z. Soc. 1836. p. 80. — Tamatia bitorquata Sws. Classif. B. II. p. 334   ...   116.—2. H. ruficollis Nob.  "Bucco ruficollis Licht. in Mus. Berol." Wagl. Isis 1829. p. 658.  ...  Tamatia gularis d'Orb. & Lafr. Rev. Z. 1838. p. 166.   ....   **) Von ὑπνηλος = ὑπναλεος (schläfrig)." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Hypnelus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., Th. 4, 1862-63 (1863), Heft 1, p. 143. Type, by subsequent designation, Tamatia bicincta Gould. (Sclater, Monogr. Jacamars and Puff-birds, pt. 4, 1882, p. xxxv)." (Peters 1948, VI, 15). 
Var. Hypmelus.

ruficollis
Mod. L. ruficollis  red-necked, rufous-necked  < L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Black-bellied Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Aramides cajanea).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euneornis campestris).
● ex “Pica flores pecho de cañela” and “Pica flores pecho de topacio” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos. 290, 291 (syn. Hylocharis chrysura).
● ex "Cola aguda cola de canela obscura" of de Azara, no. 240 (syn. Phacellodomus sibilatrix).
● ex “Red-necked Grebe” of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Pyrrhulagra violacea).
● ex “Fringilla ruficollis” of Lichtenstein MS (syn. Sporophila ruficollis).

SUBSPECIES

Russet-throated Puffbird (Russet-throated)
Latin Name: Hypnelus ruficollis [ruficollis Group]
HYPNELUS
(Bucconidae; Ϯ Two-banded Puffbird H. bicinctus) Gr. ὑπνηλος hupnēlos  drowsy, indolent  < ὑπνος hupnos  sleep; generic names in this family reflect the stolid and sedentary behaviour of the puffbirds; "Gen. HYPNELUS**) Nob. — Halsband-Bartkuckuk.   Chaunornis Bp. 1854 (nec Gray 1841).   115.—1. H. bicinctus Nob.   Tamatia bicincta Gould Proc. Z. Soc. 1836. p. 80. — Tamatia bitorquata Sws. Classif. B. II. p. 334   ...   116.—2. H. ruficollis Nob.  "Bucco ruficollis Licht. in Mus. Berol." Wagl. Isis 1829. p. 658.  ...  Tamatia gularis d'Orb. & Lafr. Rev. Z. 1838. p. 166.   ....   **) Von ὑπνηλος = ὑπναλεος (schläfrig)." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Hypnelus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., Th. 4, 1862-63 (1863), Heft 1, p. 143. Type, by subsequent designation, Tamatia bicincta Gould. (Sclater, Monogr. Jacamars and Puff-birds, pt. 4, 1882, p. xxxv)." (Peters 1948, VI, 15). 
Var. Hypmelus.

Russet-throated Puffbird (Two-banded)
Latin Name: Hypnelus ruficollis bicinctus/stoicus
HYPNELUS
(Bucconidae; Ϯ Two-banded Puffbird H. bicinctus) Gr. ὑπνηλος hupnēlos  drowsy, indolent  < ὑπνος hupnos  sleep; generic names in this family reflect the stolid and sedentary behaviour of the puffbirds; "Gen. HYPNELUS**) Nob. — Halsband-Bartkuckuk.   Chaunornis Bp. 1854 (nec Gray 1841).   115.—1. H. bicinctus Nob.   Tamatia bicincta Gould Proc. Z. Soc. 1836. p. 80. — Tamatia bitorquata Sws. Classif. B. II. p. 334   ...   116.—2. H. ruficollis Nob.  "Bucco ruficollis Licht. in Mus. Berol." Wagl. Isis 1829. p. 658.  ...  Tamatia gularis d'Orb. & Lafr. Rev. Z. 1838. p. 166.   ....   **) Von ὑπνηλος = ὑπναλεος (schläfrig)." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Hypnelus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., Th. 4, 1862-63 (1863), Heft 1, p. 143. Type, by subsequent designation, Tamatia bicincta Gould. (Sclater, Monogr. Jacamars and Puff-birds, pt. 4, 1882, p. xxxv)." (Peters 1948, VI, 15). 
Var. Hypmelus.