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Photo by steveblain
Loreto Road, Ecuador, March 2006

Alternative name: Eastern Striolated Puffbird

Nystalus striolatus

Distribution

South America: found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• N. s. striolatus:

• Eastern Ecuador to eastern Peru, Bolivia and south-western Amazonian Brazil

• N. s. torridus:

• Eastern Brazil south of the Amazon (Pará)

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Eastern Striolated Puffbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eastern_Striolated_Puffbird

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