Moustached Puffbird

Moustached Puffbird / Malacoptila mystacalis

Moustached Puffbird

Here the details of the Moustached Puffbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Malacoptila mystacalis
Protonym:  Monasa mystacalis Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 2 p.215
Taxonomy:  Galbuliformes / Bucconidae /
Taxonomy Code:  moupuf1
Type Locality:  Colombia; restricted to Valparaiso, Santa Marta, by Chapman, antea, 1917, p. 324.
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Publish Year:  1850
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DEFINITIONS

MALACOPTILA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ White-chested Puffbird M. fusca) Gr. μαλακος malakos  soft; πτιλον ptilon  plumage, feather; "MALACOPTILA, G. R. Gray (1841).  Lypornix, Swains., et 2nd div. Wagl. (1827).  Bucco, Gm., et 1st div. Vieill. (1823).   M. fusca, (Gm.) G. R. Gray.   L. torquatus, Hahn.   B. striata, Spix, Av. Br., pl. 40. f. 2." (G. Gray 1841); "Malacoptila G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., ed. 2, 1841, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Bucco fuscus Gmelin (G. R. Gray, Gen. Bds., 1, 1846, p. [74])." (Peters 1948, VI, 16).
Synon. Lypornix.

mystacale / mystacalis
Mod. L. mystacalis  moustached < Gr. μυσταξ mustax, μυστακος mustakos  moustache  < μασταξ mastax, μαστακος mastakos  jaws, mouth  < μασαομαι masaomai  to chew.