Biology:Nystalus
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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]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| White-eared puffbird
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Nystalus chacuru (Vieillot, 1816) |
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Peru.
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| Spot-backed puffbird
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Nystalus maculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
eastern Brazil.
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| Barred puffbird
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Nystalus radiatus (Sclater, PL, 1854) |
Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.
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| Eastern striolated puffbird
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Nystalus striolatus (Pelzeln, 1856) |
Brazil and Bolivia
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| Western striolated puffbird
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Nystalus obamai (Whitney, Piacentini, Schunck, Aleixo, de Sousa, BRS, Silveira & Rêgo, MA, 2013) |
Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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References
- ↑ Cabanis, Jean (1862–1863) (in German, Latin). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt. 4. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 139. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49587602. 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267763194.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n277/mode/1up.
- ↑ Sclater, P.L. (1882). A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae. London: R.H. Porter. p. xxxv. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42311952.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 13. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477446.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (February 2025). "Jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, honeyguides". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/jacamars/.
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