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Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed)

Nystalus maculatus [maculatus or parvirostris] (= Nystalus maculatus maculatus) (Gmelin, JF 1788)

The caatinga puffbird is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is endemic to Brazil. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Bucconidae
Genus:
   Nystalus
Scientific:
  Nystalus maculatus maculatus


Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Alcedo maculata

Type locality:
  Brazil.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10285#page/463/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  50BEDEC7002B6E8B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-50BEDEC7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/50BEDEC7


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 676811

English:
Spot-bellied Puffbird [maculatus or parvirostris]
Catalan:
barbacoll maculat (maculatus)
Czech:
lenivka tečkovaná (ssp. maculatus)
Danish:
Pletrygget Dovenfugl (Almindelig)
German:
Fleckmantel-Faulvogel (maculatus)
Spanish:
Buco Durmilí (maculatus)
Spanish (Spain):
Buco durmilí (maculatus)
Finnish:
keltakauluslaiskuri (maculatus)
French:
Tamatia tamajac [maculatus ou parvirostris]
Croatian:
pjegavi hakuru (maculatus)
Japanese (romaji):
seboshioogashira (maculatus)
Japanese:
セボシオオガシラ(maculatus)
Dutch:
Vlekrugbaardkoekoek
Norwegian:
flekkdovenfugl (maculatus)
Polish:
drzym plamisty (maculatus)
Portuguese (Brazil):
rapazinho-dos-velhos
Portuguese (Portugal):
barbudo-da-caatinga (maculatus)
Russian:
Пёстрая пуховка (maculatus)
Slovak:
lenivka škvrnitá (skup.)
Serbian:
Južni pirgavi puf
Swedish:
caatingatrögfågel
Ukrainian:
Лінивка-смугохвіст плямистобока (підвид maculatus)


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Spot-bellied Puffbird [maculatus or parvirostris] ( Nystalus maculatus [maculatus or parvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Spot-bellied Puffbird [maculatus or parvirostris] ( Nystalus maculatus [maculatus or parvirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Spot-bellied Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus
Clements, version 2021:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed) ( Nystalus maculatus maculatus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Caatinga Puffbird ( Nystalus maculatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Nystalus maculatus maculatus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Nystalus maculatus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Nystalus maculatus

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Barbacoll maculat
Czech: lenivka tečkovaná
Danish: Pletrygget Dovenfugl
German: Fleckmantel-Faulvogel, Fleckmantel-Faulvogel (maculatus)
English: Caatinga Puffbird, Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed), Spot-bellied Puffbird, Spot-bellied Puffbird [maculatus or parvirostris]
English, HBW: Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed)
English (IOC): Caatinga Puffbird
English (United States): Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed)
Esperanto: Makuldorsa gonflobirdo
Spanish: Buco Durmilí, Buco Durmilí (maculatus)
Spanish (Argentine): Durmilí, Durmilí (maculatus)
Spanish (Spain): Buco Durmilí, Buco Durmilí (maculatus)
Spanish (HBW): Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed)
Spanish (Paraguay): Durmilí, Durmilí (maculatus)
Estonian: kampo-puhvlind
Finnish: keltakauluslaiskuri
French: Tamatia tamajac, Tamatia tamajac (maculatus), Tamatia tamajac (nominal), Tamatia tamajac [maculatus ou parvirostris]
Guarani: Chakuru para
Croatian: pjegavi hakuru
Hungarian: foltos bukkó
Italian: Bucco maculato, Piumino dorsomacchiato
Japanese (romaji): seboshioogashira, seboshioogashira (maculatus)
Japanese: セボシオオガシラ, セボシオオガシラ (maculatus), セボシオオガシラ(maculatus)
Scientific: Alcedo maculata, Nystalus maculatus, Nystalus maculatus [maculatus or parvirostris], Nystalus maculatus maculatus
Lithuanian: Dėmėtasis nistalas
Dutch: Vlekrugbaardkoekoek, Vlekrug-baardkoekoek, Vlekrug-baardkoekoek (maculatus)
Norwegian: Flekkdovenfugl, flekkdovenfugl (maculatus)
Polish: drzym plamisty, drzym plamisty (maculatus)
Portuguese: Chilu-chilu, rapazinho-dos-velhos
Portuguese (Brazil): Rapazinho-dos-velhos
Portuguese (Portugal): barbudo-da-caatinga, barbudo-da-caatinga (maculatus), Rapazinho-dos-velhos, Rapazinho-dos-velhos (maculatus)
Russian: Пёстрая пуховка (maculatus), Пятнистая нисталус, Пятнистый нисталюс
Slovak: lenivka škvrnitá, lenivka škvrnitá (skup.)
Swedish: caatingatrögfågel, Fläckryggad trögfågel
Turkish: Kaatinga Pufkuşu, Kaatinga pufkuşu (maculatus)
Ukrainian: Лінивка-смугохвіст плямистобока
Chinese: 斑背蓬头䴕, 斑背蓬头鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 點背噴鴷

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