Nystalus

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Nystalus
Barred puffbird (Nystalus radiatus)
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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
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.

References[edit]

  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. (January 2023). "Jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, honeyguides". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 February 2023.