Kingdom Animalia Order Piciformes Genus Monasa Higher classification Monasa | Phylum Chordata Family Bucconidae Scientific name Monasa atra Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Puffbird, Monasa, Spotted puffbird, Guianan puffbird | ||
Black nunbird
The black nunbird (Monasa atra) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds. It is found in north-central South America in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana including the Guiana Shield; also eastern and southeastern Venezuela in the eastern Orinoco River Basin, and the Amazon Basin of northeast Brazil in the north-central and northeast. It is not found south of the Amazon River, and its western limit bordering southeast Venezuela is the Rio Negro.
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Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests.
Black nunbird immature calling at caura lodge thore noernberg birdwatching
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