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Nystalus
Sign in to saveNystalus is a genus of puffbirds in the family Bucconidae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Nystalus is referenced by 163 other articles, and connects out to Picinae, trogon and Bucerotiformes.
It sits within the topics Nystalus and Taxonomy articles created by Polbot.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Spot-backed Puffbird
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPiciformes
- FamilyBucconidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Bucconidae
- Collections
- UNICAMP, UMZC
- Recorded in
- Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bucconidae
- Image
- Nystalus-radiatus-001.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nystalus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Nystalus
- taxon name
- Nystalus
- taxon range
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
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Nystalus is a genus of puffbirds in the family Bucconidae.
The genus Nystalus was introduced in 1863 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine. The genus name is from Ancient Greek nustalos meaning "drowsy". The type species was designated in 1882 as the caatinga puffbird by Philip Sclater.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nystalus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.