White-eared Puffbird

Nystalus chacuru - Tamatia chacuru

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Bucconidés
Genus
:
Nystalus
Species
:
chacuru

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1816

Biometrics

Size
: 22 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 48 à 64 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-eared Puffbird (Nystalus chacuru) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Nystalus chacuru chacuru (ne, e and s Brazil, Paraguay and ne Argentina)
Nystalus chacuru uncirostris (e Peru, w Brazil and ne Bolivia)

Foreign names

Tamatia chacuru,
Buco chacurú,
joão-bobo,
Weißohr-Faulvogel,
Witoorbaardkoekoek,
Piumino guancebianche,
vitörad trögfågel,
Hvitøredovenfugl,
lenivka bielosluchá,
lenivka bělouchá,
Hvidøret Dovenfugl,
mustaposkilaiskuri,
barbacoll d'orelles blanques,
drzym białouchy,
Белоухая нисталус,
ミミジロオオガシラ,
白耳蓬头䴕,
vitörad trögfågel,
白耳噴鴷,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Plantations, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

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Sources of information

A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil, Ber Van Perlo
Birds of Peru, Thomas S.Schulenberg, Douglas F.Stotz, Daniel F.Lane, John P.O'Neill, Theodore A.Parker III
Birds of Northern South America, an identification guide, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino
Vol. 7 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest