Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
Rufous-capped Nunlet (Nonnula ruficapilla) - HBW 7, p. 136
French: Barbacou à couronne rousse
German: Rotscheitel-Faulvogel
Spanish: Monjilla Coronada
Taxonomy: Lypornix ruficapilla Tschudi, 1844, Peru.
Forms a superspecies with N. frontalis and N. amaurocephala; has been treated as conspecific with former, and also with N. brunnea. Race pallescens of N. frontalis has on occasion been considered to belong in present species, although geographically and morphologically distant. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufipectus Chapman, 1928 - NE Peru.
- ruficapilla (Tschudi, 1844) - E Peru and W Brazil S of Amazon.
- nattereri Hellmayr, 1921 - S Amazon Basin in Mato Grosso, N Bolivia and N Brazil (W Pará).
- inundata Novaes, 1991 - R Tocantins, in E Pará.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A percherd bird looking around. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp inundata)
Josep del Hoyo 10 August 2011 34 weeks ago 42 sec 4.6 -
Bird on a Branch Locality Tambopata Research Center, Tambopata National Park, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp ruficapilla)
Jose Illanes 7 October 2008 3 years ago 58 sec 4.6 -
A percherd bird flying away, repeated at slow motion (33%). Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp inundata)
Josep del Hoyo 10 August 2011 34 weeks ago 33 sec 4.5 -
A percherd bird looking around, defecating and flying away. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp inundata)
Josep del Hoyo 10 August 2011 34 weeks ago 42 sec 4.3
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A bird in a tree.
Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp inundata)
Josep del Hoyo 10 August 2011 38 weeks ago 3.6
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Song. Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
(ssp ruficapilla)
Nick Athanas 21 May 2003 2 years ago 4
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