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Nystalus
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Species
Spot-backed Puffbird
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPiciformes
- FamilyBucconidae
Observations1,042
Observations recorded64,622
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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.
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Picinae
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trogon
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Bucerotiformes
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Cuckoo-roller
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Spot-backed Puffbird
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bird
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Alcedinidae
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Upupidae
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Jynx
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Bucconidae
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Bucorvus
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Antillean Piculet
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Semnornis
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White-eared Puffbird
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Striolated Puffbird
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Barred Puffbird
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Western Striolated Puffbird
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Messelirrisor
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Animalia
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International Standard Book Number
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