White-fronted Nunbird

Monasa morphoeus - Barbacou à front blanc

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Bucconidés
Genus
:
Monasa
Species
:
morphoeus

Descriptor

Hahn Küster, 1823

Biometrics

Size
: 29 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 80 à 101 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-fronted Nunbird (Monasa morphoeus) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family.

Subspecific information 7 subspecies

Monasa morphoeus morphoeus (e Brazil)
Monasa morphoeus grandior (Nicaragua and Honduras to nw Panama)
Monasa morphoeus fidelis (e Panama and nw Colombia)
Monasa morphoeus pallescens (se Panama and w Colombia)
Monasa morphoeus sclateri (n and c Colombia)
Monasa morphoeus peruana (se Colombia, e Ecuador and s Venezuela to e Peru, n Bolivia and w, c Brazil)
Monasa morphoeus rikeri (ec Brazil)

Foreign names

Barbacou à front blanc,
Monja frentiblanca,
chora-chuva-de-cara-branca,
Weißstirn-Faulvogel,
fehérhomlokú apácamadár,
Witvoorhoofdtrappist,
Monaca frontebianca,
vitpannad nunnefågel,
Hvitpanneklarisse,
lenivka bieločelá,
lenivka běločelá,
Hvidmasket Trappist,
partanunna,
barbacoll negre de front blanc,
drzym białoczelny,
Белолобая монашенка,
シロビタイアマドリ,
白额黑䴕,
vitpannad nunnefågel,
白額尼鴷,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest