Nystalus
Nystalus is a genus of puffbirds in the family Bucconidae.
| Nystalus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Barred puffbird (Nystalus radiatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Bucconidae |
| Genus: | Nystalus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Alcedo maculata Gmelin, 1788 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Nystalus chacuru | White-eared puffbird | Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Peru. |
 | Nystalus maculatus | Caatinga puffbird | eastern Brazil. |
_Puffbird.JPG.webp) | 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. |
References
- 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.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Sclater, P.L. (1882). A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae. London: R.H. Porter. p. xxxv.
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 13.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, honeyguides". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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