Monasa
| Monasa | |
|---|---|
| Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Bucconidae |
| Genus: | Monasa Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Cuculus ater Boddaert, 1783 | |
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Monasa is a genus of puffbirds in the Bucconidae family.
The genus was described by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the black nunbird (Monasa atra) as the type species. The generic name is from the Ancient Greek monas meaning "solitary".
The genus contains four species:
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black nunbird | Monasa atra (Boddaert, 1783) |
North-central South America in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana including the Guiana Shield; also eastern and southeastern Venezuela in the eastern Orinoco River Basin, and the Amazon Basin of northeast Brazil in the north-central and northeast |
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| Yellow-billed nunbird | Monasa flavirostris Strickland, 1850 |
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
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| White-fronted nunbird | Monasa morphoeus (Hahn & Küster, 1823) |
Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela; in southern Central America in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama |
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| Black-fronted nunbird | Monasa nigrifrons (Spix, 1824) Two subspecies
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Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
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