Order: Galbuliformes | Family: Bucconidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tahuichi, Bolivia
Status: The Striolated Puffbird is rare to uncommon in the canopy and sub-canopy of the Terra Fime forest in the Amazonian lowlands. It has been recorded at elevations of up to 1200 m along the foothill of the Andes. It is absent on the north side of the Amazon and Marañon Rivers but seems restricted to the foothill of the Andes in Northern Peru. It also occurs in Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Buco Estriolado.
Sub-species: Striolated Puffbird (Nystalus striolatus striolatus) Pelzeln, 1856.
Meaning of Name: Nystalus: Gr. nustalos= sleepy. striolatus: L. striolata= finely striped.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 11/09/2014.