Nystalus

Nystalus
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 five species: ^[5]

Genus Nystalus – Cabanis & Heine, 1863 – six species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
White-eared puffbird	Nystalus chacuru (Vieillot, 1816)	Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Spot-backed puffbird	Nystalus maculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)	eastern Brazil.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Barred puffbird	Nystalus radiatus (Sclater, PL, 1854)	Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Eastern striolated puffbird	Nystalus striolatus (Pelzeln, 1856)	Brazil and Bolivia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Western striolated puffbird	Nystalus obamai (Whitney, Piacentini, Schunck, Aleixo, de Sousa, BRS, Silveira & Rêgo, MA, 2013)	Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. Cabanis, Jean (1862–1863). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 4. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 139. For a discussion of the publication date see: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. p. 83. ISBN   978-0-9568611-1-5.
2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 277. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. Sclater, P.L. (1882). A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae. London: R.H. Porter. p. xxxv.
4. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 13.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, honeyguides". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 March 2025.