Malacoptila

Malacoptila
White-whiskered puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Bucconidae
Genus:	Malacoptila G.R. Gray, 1841
Type species
Bucco fuscus Gmelin, 1788
Species
See article

Malacoptila is a genus of puffbirds in the family Bucconidae, one of ten genera.

The genus Malacoptila was introduced in 1841 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray.^[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek malakos meaning "soft" with ptilon meaning "plumage" or "feather".^[2] The type species is the white-chested puffbird.^[3]

Extant Species

The genus contains the following seven species:^[4]

Genus Malacoptila – G.R. Gray, 1841 – seven species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Black-streaked puffbird	Malacoptila fulvogularis Sclater, PL, 1854 Three subspecies M. f. fulvogularis M. f. huilae M. f. substriata.	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-chested puffbird	Malacoptila fusca (Gmelin, JF, 1788)	Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Moustached puffbird	Malacoptila mystacalis (Lafresnaye, 1850)	Colombia and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-whiskered puffbird	Malacoptila panamensis Lafresnaye, 1847 Four subspecies M. p. inornata du Bus de Gisignies (1847) M. p. panamensis Lafresnaye (1847) M. p. magdalenae Todd (1943) M. p. poliopsis Sclater (1862)	southeastern Mexico to central Ecuador.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Rufous-necked puffbird	Malacoptila rufa (Spix, 1824) Two subspecies M. r. rufa M. r. brunnescens	Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Semicollared puffbird	Malacoptila semicincta Todd, 1925	Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Crescent-chested puffbird	Malacoptila striata (Spix, 1824) Two subspecies M. s. striata M. s. minor	southeast Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. Gray, George Robert (1841). A List of the Genera of Birds : with their Synonyma and an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus (2nd ed.). London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 13.
2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 16.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, honeyguides". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2023.