Western Striolated Puffbird
Nystalus obamaiWhitney, BM; Piacentini, VQ; Schunck, F; Aleixo, ALP; Sousa, BRS; Silveira, LF; Rêgo, MA, 2013
English (US) Western Striolated Puffbird
The Western Striolated Puffbird (Nystalus obamai) 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.
Range: western Amazonia: Ecuador southward to Bolivia and east, south of the Amazon River, to Brazil west of the Rio MadeiraRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nystalus obamai
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Western Striolated Puffbird
- Described by
- Whitney, BM; Piacentini, VQ; Schunck, F; Aleixo, ALP; Sousa, BRS; Silveira, LF; Rêgo, MA, 2013
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Whitney, BM; Piacentini, VQ; Schunck, F; Aleixo, ALP; Sousa, BRS; Silveira, LF; Rêgo, MA, 2013
- Original description
- Handbook of the birds of the world p.240-244
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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