Spot-backed Puffbird
Nystalus maculatus(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Spot-backed Puffbird
The Spot-backed Puffbird (Nystalus maculatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Bucconidae (Puffbirds) in the order Galbuliformes.
- Scientific name
- Nystalus maculatus
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spot-backed Puffbird
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Nystalus maculatus maculatus
- Nystalus maculatus striatipectus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Alcedo maculata
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.451
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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