Hypnelus
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{automatic taxobox
| image = Hypnelus ruficollis - Russet-throated Puffbird.jpg
| image_caption = Russet-throated puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis)
| taxon = Hypnelus
| authority =Cabanis & Heine, 1863
| type_species = Tamatia bicincta{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=96 |title= Picidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-26}}
| type_species_authority = Gould, 1837
}}
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
{{Species table |genus=Hypnelus |authority-name=Cabanis & Heine|authority-year=1863 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Two-banded puffbird |binomial=Hypnelus bicinctus
|image=File:Hypnelus ruficollis bicinctus Bobo punteado Two-banded Puffbird (15709261023).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gould |authority-year=1837 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= eastern Colombia and Venezuela.
|range-image=
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
|H. b. bicinctus
|H. b. stoicus
}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name= Russet-throated puffbird|binomial=Hypnelus ruficollis
|image=File:Hypnelus ruficollis Bobo punteado Russet-throated Puffbird (12234289445).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Wagler|authority-year= 1829 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
|range-image=File:Hypnelus ruficollis map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Four subspecies |bullets=on
|H. r. decolor
|H. r. ruficollis
|H. r. striaticollis
|H. r. coloratus
}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- Museum Heineanum, p. 143
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