Eastern Striolated-Puffbird

Eastern Striolated-Puffbird / Nystalus striolatus

Eastern Striolated-Puffbird

Here the details of the Eastern Striolated-Puffbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Nystalus striolatus
Protonym:  Bucco striolatus Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien 20 p.500
Taxonomy:  Galbuliformes / Bucconidae /
Taxonomy Code:  strpuf1
Type Locality:  Engenho do Gama and No Dourado, Mato Grosso.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1856
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

NYSTALUS
(Bucconidae; Ϯ Spot-backed Puffbird N. maculatus) Gr. νυσταλος nustalos  drowsy  < νυσταζω nustazō  to doze; "Gen. NYSTALUS*) Nob. — Chacuru.  Capito Sws. 1837 & Strickl. 1841 (nec Temm. 1820). Nyctastes (!) Bp. 1854 & Nyctactes (!) Gray 1855 (nec Nystactes Glog. 1827).   113.—1. N. maculatus Nob.   Ispida brasiliensis naevia Briss. Orn. IV. p. 542.25. — Alcedo maculata Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 451. 25.  ...  Bucco somnolentus Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 8. 34.  ...  Tamatia tamajac Less. Trait. Orn. p. 168. 7.   ...   114.—4. N. chacuru Nob.  Chacuru Azar. Apunt. Hist. Nat. Paxar. Parag. II. p. 330.261.—Hartl. Ind. Azar. p. 17.—Bucco chacuru Vieill. Nouv. Dict. III. p. 239.   ...   *) Andere Arten dieser im Schnabel unläugbar an manche Liest-Arten wie besonders an Carcineutes erinnernden Gattung, deren Namen wir von νυσταλος (= νυστακτης, schläfrig) entnehmen, sind:  2. N. striatipectus Nob.  Bucco striatipectus Scl. Proc. Z. Soc. 1853. p. 123.  ...  ?Nystactes flammulatus "Verr." Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 13. gen. 17. 79.   ...   3. N. striolatus Nob.  Capito striolatus Natterer in Mus. Vindob. — "Bucco striolatus Natterer" v. Pelzeln Sitzungsber. Wien. Acad. Wissensch. XX. p. 500.   ...   5. N. radiatus Nob.  Bucco radiatus Scl. Proc. Z. Soc. 1853. p. 122. 1. t. 50.  ...  Capito ruficervix Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 17. gen. 15. 71.   ...   6. N. lanceolatus Nob.  Bucco lanceolatus Deville Rev. & Mag. Z. 1849. p. 56." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Nystalus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., Th. 4, 1862-63 (1863), Heft 1, p. 139. Type, by subsequent designation, Alcedo maculata Gmelin. (Sclater, Monogr. Jacamars and Puff-birds, pt. 4, 1882, p. xxxv.)" (Peters 1948, VI, 13).
Synon. Ecchaunornis.

striolata / striolatus
Mod. L. striolatus  finely striped, lineated  < striola  fine linear marking  < L. stria  furrow.

SUBSPECIES

Eastern Striolated-Puffbird (Natterer's)
SCI Name: Nystalus striolatus striolatus
striolata / striolatus
Mod. L. striolatus  finely striped, lineated  < striola  fine linear marking  < L. stria  furrow.

Eastern Striolated-Puffbird (torridus)
SCI Name: Nystalus striolatus torridus
torrida / torridus
L. torridus  scorched, torrid, burnt  < torrere  to burn.