Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Puffbirds :: White-fronted Nunbird

White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus

Described by: Hahn; Kuester (1823)
Alternate common name(s): Costa Rican Nunbird, Pale-winged Nunbird, Goldman's Nunbird, White-fronted Nunlet
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Sacha Lodge, Ecuador - Jan, 2007 © Kent Nickell  Sacha Lodge, Ecuador - Jan, 2007 © Kent Nickell  Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia, Brazil - Mar, 2003 © Arthur Grosset  Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Mar, 2004 © Arthur Grosset  Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Mar, 2004 © Arthur Grosset 
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Range

S. Central America and ex. nw. South America. C. South America. E. Brazil;
Three populations;
(1) E. Honduras, e. Nicaragua to Costa Rica and nw. Panama.
(2) Caribbean slope of e. Panama and nw. Colombia (e. to s. Cordoba).
(3) Se. Panama and w. Colombia s. to the upper Rio San Juan.
(4) N. and c. Colombia (Magdalena Valley s. to n. Tolima).
(5) Se. Colombia and s. Venezuela s. in e. Ecuador, e. Peru and nw. Amazonian Brazil e. to the Rio Tapajos.
(6) S. and e. Brazil from e. Bahia s. to Rio de Janeiro.
(7) Ne. Bolivia.
(8) Amazonian Brazil from the Rio Tapajos e. to Piaui.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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