Caatinga Puffbird

Nystalus maculatus - Tamatia tamajac

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Bucconidés
Genus
:
Nystalus
Species
:
maculatus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 32 à 42 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Caatinga Puffbird (Nystalus maculatus) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Tamatia tamajac,
Buco durmilí,
rapazinho-dos-velhos,
Fleckmantel-Faulvogel,
foltos bukkó,
Vlekrugbaardkoekoek,
Piumino dorsomacchiato,
caatingatrögfågel,
Flekkdovenfugl,
lenivka škvrnitá,
lenivka tečkovaná,
Pletrygget Dovenfugl,
keltakauluslaiskuri,
barbacoll maculat,
drzym plamisty,
Пятнистая нисталус,
セボシオオガシラ,
斑背蓬头䴕,
點背噴鴷,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry, Moist ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

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Sources of information

A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil, Ber Van Perlo
Birds of Northern South America, an identification guide, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino
Vol. 7 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest