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White-eared Puffbird
Nystalus chacuru (Vieillot, 1816)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The white-eared puffbird (Nystalus chacuru) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru, where it inhabits tropical and subtropical dry forests, subtropical and tropical moist forests, gallery forests, tropical savanna, and heavily degraded former forest.
Wikipedia contributors, White-eared puffbird; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:45:29.189728+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nystalus chacuru (Vieillot, 1816)
- Name authority
- (Vieillot, 1816)
- Common name
- White-eared Puffbird
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Bucconidae
- Genus
- Nystalus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyBucconidae
- genusNystalus Cabanis & Heine, 1863
- speciesNystalus chacuru (Vieillot, 1816)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nystalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Caatinga PuffbirdNystalus maculatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | BucconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Striolated PuffbirdNystalus striolatus (Pelzeln, 1856) | BucconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Striolated PuffbirdNystalus obamai Whitney, Piacintini, Schunck, Alexio, Sousa, Silveira & Rego, 2013 | BucconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chaco PuffbirdNystalus striatipectus (P. L. Sclater, 1854) | BucconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barred PuffbirdNystalus radiatus (P. L. Sclater, 1854) | BucconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554356 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:488NG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.