Striolated Puffbird
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| Striolated Puffbird | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Bucconidae |
| Genus: | Nystalus |
| Species: | N. striolatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nystalus striolatus (Pelzeln, 1856) |
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The Striolated Puffbird (Nystalus striolatus) is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. It is found in Brazil in the southwestern Amazon Basin and the bordering countries of Peru and Bolivia. A disjunct population lives to the west in a narrow region in central Ecuador and northwestern Peru. The other major population is another disjunct group about 1500 km northeasterly and downstream on the south regions of the Amazon River outlet in the Brazilian state of Pará. The population is centered on the adjacent 1,500 km (930 mi) Tocantins River drainage which empties adjacent to the Amazon.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Nystalus striolatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
[edit] External links
- Striolated Puffbird videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Photo-Medium Res; Article chandra.as.utexas.edu
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