Nystalus | |
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Barred puffbird (Nystalus radiatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Bucconidae |
Genus: | Nystalus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
Type species | |
Alcedo maculata Gmelin, 1788 |
Nystalus is a genus of puffbirds in the family Bucconidae.
The genus Nystalus was introduced in 1863 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine. [1] The genus name is from Ancient Greek nustalos meaning "drowsy". [2] The type species was designated in 1882 as the caatinga puffbird by Philip Sclater. [3] [4]
The genus contains the following six species: [5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Nystalus chacuru | White-eared puffbird | Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Peru. | |
Nystalus maculatus | Caatinga puffbird | eastern Brazil. | |
Nystalus striatipectus | Chaco puffbird | eastern Bolivia to south-central Brazil, south through western Paraguay to central Argentina | |
Nystalus radiatus | Barred puffbird | Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. | |
Nystalus striolatus | Eastern striolated puffbird | Brazil and Bolivia | |
Nystalus obamai | Western striolated puffbird | Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. | |
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