Western Puffbird

About the Western Puffbird

The western striolated puffbird (Nystalus obamai) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (SACC), and the Clements taxonomy treat the western striolated puffbird as a species. According to them, the original striolated puffbird (Nystalus striolatus) was found to include a previously undefined species that is now the western striolated puffbird; it had not been recognized even as a subspecies. N. striolatus was renamed "eastern striolated puffbird" after the split. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains the English name "striolated puffbird" for N. striolatus and assigns N. s. striolatus, N. s. obamai, and N. s. torridus as subspecies of it.

The western striolated puffbird's specific epithet honors former U.S. president Barack Obama. The western striolated puffbird is monotypic. The western striolated puffbird is 19.8 to 21 cm (7.8 to 8.3 in) long and weighs... Wikipedia →