---
title: "João-bobo"
description: "Nystalus chacuru — Aves. The white-eared puffbird (Nystalus chacuru) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-eared-puffbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# João-bobo

> Nystalus chacuru — Aves. The white-eared puffbird (Nystalus chacuru) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds.

- Scientific name: *Nystalus chacuru*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 978
- Wikidata: [Q1268888](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268888)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1616](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1616)

## Names

- en: White-eared Puffbird
- de: Weißohr-Faulvogel
- es: Chacurú cara negra
- fr: Tamatia chacuru
- nl: Witoorbaardkoekoek
- pt: João-bobo
- pl: Drzym białouchy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (783), AR (90), BO (42), PY (18), PE (16)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![João-bobo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-eared-puffbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212402358

## Machine access

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