White-eared puffbird
Nystalus chacuru (Vieillot, 1816)
The white-eared puffbird (Nystalus chacuru) is a species in the family Bucconidae, order Piciformes. Recorded adults weigh 52 g to 52.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the white-eared puffbird
- Weight
- 52.3 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- woodlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.8src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the white-eared puffbird live?
Not recorded
What is the white-eared puffbird?
The white-eared puffbird (Nystalus chacuru) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru, where it inhabits tropical and subtropical dry forests, subtropical and tropical moist forests, gallery forests, tropical savanna, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Is the white-eared puffbird endangered?
The white-eared puffbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the white-eared puffbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPiciformes
- familyBucconidae
- genusNystalus
- SpeciesNystalus chacuru (Vieillot, 1816)
Synonyms Bucco chacuru
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- barbacoll d'orelles blanquesCatalan
- lenivka běloucháCzech
- aderyn gwrychog clustwynWelsh
- Hvidøret DovenfuglDanish
- Cerrado-FaulvogelGerman
- Weißohr-FaulvogelGerman
- blankorela bukonoEsperanto
- Buco chacurúSpanish
- Chacurú cara negraSpanish
- mustpõsk-puhvlindEstonian
- mustaposkilaiskuriFinnish
- Tamatia chacuruFrench
- bjelouhi hakuruCroatian
- Piumino guancebiancheItalian
- ミミジロオオガシラJapanese
- baltaausis nistalasLithuanian
- WitoorbaardkoekoekDutch
- hvitøredovenfuglNorwegian
- drzym białouchyPolish
- joão-boboPortuguese
- apara-balaPortuguese
- barbudo-d'orelhas-brancasPortuguese
- joão-toloPortuguese
- Белоухая пуховкаRussian
- Белоухая нисталусRussian
- lenivka bieloslucháSlovak
- vitörad trögfågelSwedish
- Beyaz Kulaklı PufkuşuTurkish
- лінивка-смугохвіст чорнощокаUkrainian
- 白耳噴鴷Chinese
- 白耳蓬头䴕Chinese
Relatives of the white-eared puffbird
Other species in the same genus Nystalus.
Spot-backed puffbird
Nystalus maculatus
Eastern striolated puffbird
Nystalus striolatus
Barred puffbird
Nystalus radiatus
Obama puffbird
Nystalus obamai
Chaco puffbird
Nystalus striatipectus
CompareWhite-eared puffbird vs Spot-backed puffbirdWhite-eared puffbird vs Eastern striolated puffbirdWhite-eared puffbird vs Barred puffbirdWhite-eared puffbird vs Obama puffbird
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-eared puffbird?
An adult white-eared puffbird weighs 52.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-eared puffbird endangered?
The white-eared puffbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the white-eared puffbird?
The white-eared puffbird (Nystalus chacuru) belongs to the family Bucconidae in the order Piciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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