Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) - HBW 7, p. 137
French: Barbacou unicolore
German: Schwarzstirntrappist
Spanish: Monja Unicolor
Other common names: Black-fronted Nunlet
Taxonomy: Bucco nigrifrons Spix, 1824, Rio Solimões, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with M. atra and M. morphoeus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigrifrons (Spix, 1824) - SE Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, and much of Brazil (E, N of Amazon, to R Negro and, S of Amazon, to Pará and Alagoas and S to E Mato Grosso do Sul and W São Paulo).
- canescens Todd, 1937 - E Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A detail of the bristles in the base of the bill of a bird. Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp nigrifrons)
Alex García · Videoaves 14 July 2008 3 years ago 32 sec 4.7 -
An adult bird on a branch and then on a leaf. Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp nigrifrons)
Alex García · Videoaves 2 July 2008 3 years ago 28 sec 4.7 -
A bird in a tree Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp nigrifrons)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2005 6 years ago 39 sec 4.6 -
A bird seen from below, looking down Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp nigrifrons)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 4 years ago 20 sec 4.5 -
Two views of a perched bird Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp nigrifrons)
Yaiza Aragón 20 March 2008 4 years ago 31 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched in a tree, rubbing its bill and flying away. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp nigrifrons)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 5 weeks ago 22 sec 3.7
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A bird on a branch
Locality Shiripuno Lodge, Pastaza Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 8 September 2010 23 weeks ago 4.3 -
On a branch
Locality San José del Guaviare, Guaviare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 17 March 2012 8 weeks ago 4 -
Along the boardwalk at the Ariau Towers
Locality Ariau Resort, Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil
Dave Rintoul 22 May 2011 50 weeks ago 4 -
The Black-fronted Nunbird is the largest member of the Puffbird family. It is an overall dull black with a slender and slightly
Locality Senador Canedo, Goiás State, Brazil
wagnermclemes 22 March 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Male - perched on a hand-rail
Locality Marasha Natural Reserve, Puerto Alegría, Loreto Department, Peru (ssp nigrifrons)
Blair Wainman 13 August 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Anavilhanas Archipelago, Rio Negro, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp nigrifrons)
Nick Athanas 28 January 2006 3 years ago 3.9
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A bird singing, at the end overlapping with the song of a Bananal Spinetail. Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil
(ssp nigrifrons)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp nigrifrons)
Josep del Hoyo 9 August 2011 37 weeks ago 4 -
Cacophony of calls from a group of birds after a rain Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp nigrifrons)
Bradley Davis 5 April 2004 2 years ago 3
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