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Guianan Puffbird
Notharchus macrorhynchos (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Bucconidae — Puffbirds
Guianan Puffbird, Notharchus macrorhynchos, is a bird of the Guianas and northern Brazil in South America. It belongs to the puffbird family, Bucconidae, and breeds in the Guianas and north Brazil. It was first described in 1788 by Gmelin. The species is now treated as separate from the white-necked puffbird and the buff-bellied puffbird. It is a monotypic bird with no recognised subspecies. Its range also includes French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Bucconidae — Puffbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Guianas and n Brazil
