Lazy birds

Lazy birds
Greenhorn lazy bird ( Nystalus radiatus )
Systematics
Sub-stem : Vertebrates (vertebrata) Class : Birds (aves) Order : Woodpecker birds (Piciformes) Subordination : Gloss avian (Galbuloidea) Family : Lazy birds
Scientific name
Bucconidae
Horsfield , 1821

The lazy birds or Tamatias (Bucconidae) are a family of the woodpecker birds . All kinds of the lazy birds live in tropical South America .

features

Rotten birds are small and look clumsy. In their physique they largely correspond to the glossy birds . The head is large and thick, the beak is short and ends in a hook. It looks similar to that of the unrelated strangler . The birds have a gloomy, not very contrasting plumage. It is sex-specific in some species. The wax skin and the nostrils are covered by strong bristles. The area around the eyes is not feathered, but has no connection to the wax skin. The tail is fan-shaped and the wings are short and wide, only in one species, the swallow- lazy bird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa ), are they long and pointed. Lazy birds grow to be 16 to 20 cm tall.

Way of life

Most species of lazy birds are solitary, but Trappists are sociable birds and help each other to breed. Lazy birds often sit motionless on branches, this is what gave them their name. In this sitting position, they sunbathe or look for prey such as flies , bees and beetles , which they pounce on and catch in flight. Less often they pick up insects from the ground. The swallow-lazy bird seeks its prey in the air. The flight of this species is swallow-like and almost acrobatic. In the evening he can therefore be mistaken for a bat . He shows several adaptations to his life in the air: the wings described above, the wide mouth for insect hunting and stunted feet.

Lazy birds nest in groups or in pairs. They dig their nest holes in the ground, on bank slopes or in the structures of tree-dwelling termites . Both sexes participate in digging and padding the cave. The entrance is often camouflaged from enemies with branches and leaves. The clutch consists of two to three white eggs. These are alternately incubated by males and females. The young stay in the nest for 20 to 30 days.

Systematics

Black- foreheaded Rappist ( Monasa nigrifrons )

Chacofaulvogel ( Nystalus striatipectus )

Black Mantled Lazy Bird ( Nystalus obamai )

According to ornithologists , the sluggard are not necessarily related to the woodpeckers and bearded birds . Therefore they are arranged with the glossy birds in their own subordination, the glossy birds .

There are twelve genera with 40 species :

• Bucco
  • Collared Lazy Bird ( Bucco capensis )
• Chelidoptera
  • Swallow Lazy Bird ( Chelidoptera tenebrosa )
• Cyphos
  • Long-toed Lazy Bird ( Cyphos macrodactylus , formerly Bucco macrodactylus )
• Hapaloptila
  • Diadem Rotten Faulvogel or Chestnut Rotten Rotisserie ( Hapaloptila castanea )
• Hypnelus
  • Double-banded sluggard ( Hypnelus bicinctus )
  • Rust-throated lazy bird ( Hypnelus ruficollis )
• Malacoptila
  • Brown throated lazy bird ( Malacoptila fulvogularis )
  • White-breasted lazy bird ( Malacoptila fusca )
  • Crescent moon lazy bird ( Malacoptila minor )
  • Mustache lazy bird ( Malacoptila mystacalis )
  • White-rein lazy bird ( Malacoptila panamensis )
  • Rust red rotten bird ( Malacoptila rufa )
  • Half-ringed lazy bird ( Malacoptila semicincta )
  • Bald Rotbird ( Malacoptila striata )
• Micromonacha
  • Striped Lazy Bird ( Micromonacha lanceolata )
• Trappists ( Monasa )
  • Black Trappist, Mohrentrappist ( Monasa atra )
  • Yellow-billed Rotbill ( Monasa flavirostris )
  • White- fronted Trappist , White- Faced Lazy Bird ( Monasa morphoeus )
  • Black- fronted Lazy Bird ( Monasa nigrifrons )
• Nonnula
  • Red-headed lazybird ( Nonnula amaurocephala )
  • Brown sluggard ( Nonnula brunnea )
  • Panama rotisserie ( Nonnula frontalis )
  • European red throat lazy bird ( Nonnula rubecula )
  • Red-headed Lazy Bird ( Nonnula ruficapilla )
  • Sclater's Lazy Bird ( Nonnula sclateri )
• Notharchus
  • Great Spotted Rotbird ( Notharchus macrorhynchos , Superspecies with Notharchus swainsoni )
  • White- fronted lazy bird ( Notharchus hyperrhynchus )
  • Brown banded sloth bird ( Notharchus ordii )
  • Black breasted lazy bird ( Notharchus pectoralis )
  • Northern Elsterfaulvogel ( Notharchus subtectus )
  • Pale-bellied Faulvogel , Swainson-Faulvogel ( Notharchus swainsoni )
  • Ribbed Faulvogel or Southern Elsterfaulvogel ( Notharchus tectus )
• Nystactes
  • Sootcap Faulvogel , Hellmayrs Faulvogel ( Nystactes noanamae , formerly Bucco noanamae )
  • Tamatia Lazy Bird ( Nystactes tamatia , formerly Bucco tamatia )
• Nystalus
  • White-eared Lazy Bird , Cerrado Lazy Bird ( Nystalus chacuru )
  • Fleckmantel-Faulvogel , Flecken-Faulvogel ( Nystalus maculatus )
  • Chacofaulvogel ( Nystalus striatipectus ), sometimes as a subspecies Nystalus maculatus striatipectus classified
  • Greenhorn lazy bird ( Nystalus radiatus )
  • Barbed lazy bird ( Nystalus striolatus )
    • Parasite lazy bird ( Nystalus striolatus torridus ), sometimes classified as a separate species
  • Black-coat lazy bird, or Obama barbed lazy bird ( Nystalus obamai ), often classified as a subspecies of the barbed lazy bird

literature

• Christopher Perrins: The Great Encyclopedia of Birds . Orbis-Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-572-00810-7
• Gottfried Mauersberger: Urania Tierreich, Vögel Urania-Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-332-00491-3
• Theo Jahn: Brehm's new animal encyclopedia . Verlag Herder KG, Freiburg im Breisgau Special edition for Prisma Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh 1982, ISBN 3-570-08606-2
• David Burnie: Animals the Great Picture Encyclopedia . Dorling Kindersley Verlag GmbH, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-8310-0202-9
• Joseph Forshaw: Encyclopedia of Birds . Weltbild Verlag GmbH, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-8289-1557-4

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