Galbulae

Belongs within: Piciformes.
Contains: Malacoptila, Galbulidae, Nonnula.

The Galbulae are a Neotropical clade of insectivorous birds uniting the jacamars (Galbulidae) with the puffbirds (Bucconidae). Members are united by the presence of eyelashes and forward-directed setae surrounding the bill (Rasmussen & Collar 2002).

<==Galbulae [Bucconidae, Cyphidae, Galbuliformes, Galbuloidea, Tamatiidae]
    |--+--MalacoptilaBKB15
    |  `--Notharchus Cabanis & Heine 1863BKB15, RC02
    |       |--N. macrorhynchos (Gmelin 1788) [=Bucco macrorrhynchos]RC02
    |       |    |--N. m. macrorhynchosRC02
    |       |    |--N. ‘hyperrhynchus’ dysoniS18
    |       |    |--N. m. hyperrhynchus (Sclater 1856) [incl. N. macrorhynchos cryptoleucus]RC02
    |       |    `--N. m. paraensis Sassi 1932RC02
    |       |--N. ordii (Cassin 1851) [=Bucco ordii]RC02
    |       |--N. pectoralisJT12
    |       |--N. swainsoni (Gray 1846) [=Bucco swainsoni]RC02
    |       `--N. tectus (Boddaert 1783) [=Bucco tectus]RC02
    |            |--N. t. tectusRC02
    |            |--N. t. picatus (Sclater 1856)RC02
    |            `--N. t. subtectus (Sclater 1860)RC02
    `--+--GalbulidaeBKB15
       `--+--+--NonnulaBKB15
          |  `--Argicus Cabanis & Heine 1863RC02
          |       `--A. macrodactylus (Spix 1824)RC02 (see below for synonymy)
          `--+--Bucco Brisson 1760BKB15, B94 [incl. Cyphus Spix 1824B94, Tamatia Lesson 1831B94]
             |    |--*B. capensis Linnaeus 1766B94 [incl. B. capensis dugandiRC02]
             |    |--B. canicepsE42
             |    |--B. grandisV41
             |    `--B. philippinensisE42
             `--Nystalus Cabanis & Heine 1863BKB15, RC02
                  |--N. chacuru (Vieillot 1816) [=Bucco chacuru]RC02
                  |    |--N. c. chacuruRC02
                  |    `--N. c. uncirostris (Stolzmann 1926)RC02
                  |--N. maculatus (Gmelin 1788) [=Alcedo maculata]RC02
                  |    |--N. m. maculatus [incl. N. maculatus parvirostris]RC02
                  |    `--N. m. striatipectus (Sclater 1854) [incl. N. pallidigula]RC02
                  |--N. obamaiAP21
                  |--N. radiatus (Sclater 1854) [=Bucco radiatus; incl. N. radiatus fulvidus]RC02
                  `--N. striolatus (Pelzeln 1856) [=Bucco striolatus]RC02
                       |--N. s. striolatusRC02
                       `--N. s. torridus Bond & Meyer de Schauensee 1940RC02

Galbulae incertae sedis:
  Chelidoptera Gould 1837RC02
    `--C. tenebrosa (Pallas 1782) [=Cuculus tenebrosus]RC02
         |--C. t. tenebrosaRC02
         |--C. t. brasiliensis Sclater 1862RC02
         `--C. t. pallida Cory 1913RC02
  Monasa Vieillot 1816RC02
    |--M. atra (Boddaert 1783) [=Cuculus ater]RC02
    |--M. flavirostris Strickland 1850RC02
    |--M. morphoeus (Hahn & Küster 1823) [=Bucco morphoeus]RC02
    |    |--M. m. morphoeusRC02
    |    |--M. m. fidelis Nelson 1912RC02
    |    |--M. m. grandior Sclater & Salvin 1868RC02
    |    |--M. m. pallescens Cassin 1860RC02
    |    |--M. m. peruana Sclater 1856RC02
    |    |--M. m. rikeri Ridgway 1912RC02
    |    `--N. m. sclateri Ridgway 1912RC02
    |--M. nigrifrons (Spix 1824) [=Bucco nigrifrons]RC02
    |    |--M. n. nigrifronsRC02
    |    `--M. n. canescens Todd 1937RC02
    `--M. similisS18
  Hypnelus Cabanis & Heine 1863RC02
    |--H. bicinctus (Gould 1837) [=Tamatia bicincta]RC02
    |    |--H. b. bicinctusRC02
    |    `--H. b. stoicus Wetmore 1939RC02
    `--H. ruficollis (Wagler 1829) [=Capito ruficollis]RC02
         |--H. r. ruficollisRC02
         |--H. r. coloratus Ridgway 1914RC02
         `--H. r. decolor Todd & Carriker 1922 [incl. H. ruficollis striaticollis]RC02
  Micromonacha Sclater 1881RC02
    `--M. lanceolata (Deville 1849) [=Bucco lanceolata; incl. M. lanceolata austinsmithi]RC02
  Hapaloptila Sclater 1881RC02
    `--H. castanea (Verreaux 1866) [=Malacoptila castanea]RC02
  Ecchaunornis radiatusS18
    |--E. r. radiatusS18
    `--E. r. fulvidusS18
  Nystactes Gloger 1827RC02
    |--N. noanamae (Hellmayr 1909) [=Bucco noanamae]RC02
    `--N. tamatia (Gmelin 1788) (see below for synonymy)RC02
         |--N. t. tamatiaRC02
         |--N. t. hypneleus (Cabanis & Heine 1863)RC02
         `--N. t. pulmentum (Sclater 1856)RC02

Argicus macrodactylus (Spix 1824)^RC02 [=Cyphos macrodactylus^RC02, Bucco macrodactylus^BKB15; incl. Argicus macrodactylus caurensis^RC02]

Nystactes tamatia (Gmelin 1788) [=Bucco tamatia; incl. N. tamatia inexpectatus, N. tamatia interior, N. tamatia punctuliger]^RC02

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[E42] Ewer, W. 1842. List of a collection of birds from India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 91–93.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[RC02] Rasmussen, P. C., & N. J. Collar. 2002. Family Bucconidae (puffbirds). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 7. Jacamars to Woodpeckers pp. 102–138. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

[V41] Vigne, G. T. 1841. Relating to a collection of birds formed in Thibet and Cashmere. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 6–7.