Order: Galbuliformes | Family: Bucconidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Minas Gerais, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Minas Gerais, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Minas Gerais, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Minas Gerais, Brazil
Status: The White-eared Puffbird is uncommon but local in Peru. It favors the dry forests and scrub found in portions of the Mantaro, Apurimac, and Urubamba Valleys at elevations ranging between 1000 to 2200 m. It has also been reported in the Mayo Valley. The White-eared Puffbird also occurs in Br and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Buco de Oreja Blanca.
Sub-species: White-eared Puffbird (Nystalus chacuru uncirostris) Stolzmann, 1926.
Meaning of Name: Nystalus, nustalos = sleepy. chacuru: (Guarani) Indigenous name for this bird.

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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.