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title: "Vlekrugbaardkoekoek"
description: "Nystalus maculatus — Vogels. The spot-backed puffbird (Nystalus maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/spot-backed-puffbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vlekrugbaardkoekoek

> Nystalus maculatus — Vogels. The spot-backed puffbird (Nystalus maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds.

- Scientific name: *Nystalus maculatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1130
- Wikidata: [Q1268455](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268455)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1607](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1607)

## Names

- en: Spot-backed Puffbird
- de: Fleckmantel-Faulvogel
- es: Durmilí
- fr: Tamatia tamajac
- nl: Vlekrugbaardkoekoek
- pt: Rapazinho-dos-velhos
- pl: Drzym plamisty

## Countries with the most observations

BR (639), AR (359), BO (62), PY (29)

## Summary

The spot-backed puffbird (Nystalus maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is  found in South America from northeastern Brazil to northwestern Argentina. The spot-backed puffbird has sometimes been split into two species, the Caatinga puffbird and the Chaco puffbird.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spot-backed_puffbird

## Photo

![Vlekrugbaardkoekoek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spot-backed-puffbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sebastián Lovera · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231330631

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spot-backed-puffbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).