Nystalus
Barred puffbird (Nystalus radiatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Piciformes
Family:	Bucconidae
Genus:	Nystalus Cabanis & Heine, 1863
Type species
Alcedo maculata Gmelin, 1788

Nystalus is a genus of puffbirds in the family Bucconidae.

The genus Nystalus was introduced in 1863 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine.^[1] The genus name is from Ancient Greek nustalos meaning "drowsy".^[2] The type species was designated in 1882 as the caatinga puffbird by Philip Sclater.^[3][4]

The genus contains the following five species:^[5]

Genus Nystalus – Cabanis & Heine, 1863 – six species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
White-eared puffbird	Nystalus chacuru (Vieillot, 1816)	Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Spot-backed puffbird	Nystalus maculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)	eastern Brazil.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Barred puffbird	Nystalus radiatus (Sclater, PL, 1854)	Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Eastern striolated puffbird	Nystalus striolatus (Pelzeln, 1856)	Brazil and Bolivia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Western striolated puffbird	Nystalus obamai (Whitney, Piacentini, Schunck, Aleixo, de Sousa, BRS, Silveira & Rêgo, MA, 2013)	Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

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