Caatinga Puffbird (Nystalus maculatus)
About the Caatinga Puffbird
The spot-backed puffbird (Nystalus maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in South America from northeastern Brazil to northwestern Argentina. The spot-backed puffbird has sometimes been split into two species, the Caatinga puffbird and the Chaco puffbird. The spot-backed puffbird was described in 1648 by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in his Historia Naturalis Brasiliae. In his Latin text Marcgrave used the name Matuitui which was the local name for the bird in the Tupi language. A series of later ornithologists based their own descriptions on that by Marcgrave. These include Francis Willughby in 1678, John Ray in 1713, Mathurin Brisson in 1760, the Comte de Buffon in 1780, and John Latham in 1782.
A real field recording of the Caatinga Puffbird. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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1 recording on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay · xeno-canto lists 64 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Barred PuffbirdNystalus radiatusrecording
- Chaco PuffbirdNystalus striatipectusprofile
- Eastern Striolated PuffbirdNystalus striolatusprofile
- Western Striolated PuffbirdNystalus obamairecording
- White-eared PuffbirdNystalus chacuruprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.