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Hypnelus
Russet-throated puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Bucconidae
Genus: Hypnelus
Cabanis and Heine, 1863

Hypnelus is a genus of birds in the family Bucconidae. It contains 2 species of South American puffbirds. Some taxonomic authorities consider both species to be conspecific, together taking the name russet-throated puffbird.

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Hypnelus bicinctus Two-banded puffbird eastern Colombia and Venezuela.
Hypnelus ruficollis Russet-throated puffbird northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.

References

Museum Heineanum, p. 143