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Malacoptila
Sign in to saveMalacoptila is a genus of puffbirds in the family Bucconidae, one of ten genera.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Malacoptila is referenced by 164 other articles, and connects out to Picinae, trogon and Bucerotiformes.
It is catalogued under topics including Malacoptila, Taxa named by George Robert Gray and Taxonomy articles created by Polbot.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
White-whiskered Puffbird
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPiciformes
- FamilyBucconidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Bucconidae
- Collections
- CUMV, USNM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CMNH, LSUMZ, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bucconidae
- Image
- Malacoptila fusca White-chested Puffbird; Serra do Navio, Amapá, Brazil (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Malacoptila
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Malacoptila
- taxon name
- Malacoptila
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Extant Species
- References
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. The name combines the Ancient Greek malakos meaning "soft" with ptilon meaning "plumage" or "feather". The type species is the white-chested puffbird.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malacoptila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.