Puffbirds (Bucconidae)
White-fronted Nunbird (Monasa morphoeus) - HBW 7, p. 137
French: Barbacou à front blanc
German: Weißstirntrappist
Spanish: Monja Frentiblanca
Other common names: White-fronted Nunlet
Taxonomy: Bucco Morphoeus Hahn and Küster, 1823, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with M. atra and M. nigrifrons. Nominate and races grandior and fidelis have been considered three distinct species by some authors. Birds from NE Bolivia sometimes separated as race boliviana, but apparently indistinguishable from peruana. Seven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- grandior P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868 - E Honduras and E Nicaragua to W Panama.
- fidelis Nelson, 1912 - Caribbean E Panama and NW Colombia (E to S Córdoba).
- pallescens Cassin, 1860 - SE Panama to W Colombia (S to upper R San Juan).
- grandior P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868 - E Honduras and E Nicaragua to W Panama.
- fidelis Nelson, 1912 - Caribbean E Panama and NW Colombia (E to S Córdoba).
- pallescens Cassin, 1860 - SE Panama to W Colombia (S to upper R San Juan).
- sclateri Ridgway, 1912 - N & C Colombia (Magdalena Valley S to N Tolima).
- peruana P. L. Sclater, 1856 - E Ecuador, SE Colombia and S Venezuela S to E Peru, upper Amazonian Brazil (E to R Tapajós) and NE Bolivia.
- rikeri Ridgway, 1912 - Amazonian Brazil from R Tapajós E to Piauí.
- morphoeus (Hahn & Küster, 1823) - E Brazil (Bahia S to Rio de Janeiro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual perched in a tree looking around. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp rikeri)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 14 sec 4.2 -
A bird foraging on the ground. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp rikeri)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 16 sec 4 -
Three individuals were video taped in a mountain some 20 minutes drive from la Selva in an area where the artist Cope found a ne Locality Costa Rica (ssp grandior)
DAVID ASCANIO 17 July 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 4 -
A close-up of a bird Locality Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp grandior)
Max Roth 31 January 2004 7 years ago 8 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 3 years ago 27 sec 3.8 -
Several views of diferent birds perched on trees. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (ssp peruana)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 3.6
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A bird on a twig
Locality Shiripuno Lodge, Pastaza Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 8 September 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (ssp peruana)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp peruana)
Joe Tobias 18 August 2006 22 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird perched on a tree.
Locality Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp grandior)
Sergio Bargues 31 March 2007 3 years ago 3.3 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp rikeri)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 3 -
Adult bird, seen front-on from above, perched in treetop at dawn.
Locality Napo Wildlife Center, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp peruana)
Pia Öberg 9 February 2011 1 year ago 3
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A group of birds calling. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp peruana)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Calls. Locality Floresta Amazonica Hotel, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(ssp rikeri)
Bradley Davis 25 April 2006 3 years ago 4
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