Western striolated puffbird
| Western striolated puffbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Bucconidae |
| Genus: | Nystalus |
| Species: | N. obamai
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| Binomial name | |
| Nystalus obamai (Whitney et. al., 2013)
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The western striolated puffbird (Nystalus obamai) was considered conspecific with the eastern striolated puffbird.[1][2] It lives in Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[3] Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests. It was named after U.S. president Barack Obama.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm A Classification of the Bird Species of South America, hereafter SACC List. Accessed 7 November 2016.
- ^ Gill, F. and D. Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird List (v 6.3). http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- ^ Pacheco, José Fernando, and Carlos Eduardo Quevedo Agne. 2016. Species lists of birds for South American countries and territories: Brazil. Version of 2 November 2016. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm
- ^ "A name for Striolated Puffbird west of the Rio Madeira with revision of the Nystalus striolatus (Aves: Bucconidae) complex". Handbook of the Birds of the World, Special volume: New Species and Global Index. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. 2013. pp. 240–244.
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External links
- The Factious, High-Drama World of Bird Taxonomy, Andrew Jenner, The Atlantic, 28 February 2017. An lay article about the process to distinguish Western and Eastern striolated puffbird species.
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