Species profile
Black Nunbird
Monasa atra
Quick answer
Extreme e Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas and n Brazil
- Scientific name
- Monasa atra
- Family
- Bucconidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Monasa
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Black Nunbird in your journal
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Related species in Bucconidae
- Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus)
- Black-breasted Puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis)
- Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
- Black-streaked Puffbird (Malacoptila fulvogularis)
- Brown Nunlet (Nonnula brunnea)
- Brown-banded Puffbird (Notharchus ordii)
- Bucco armillaris (Bucco armillaris)
- Bucco atroflavus (Bucco atroflavus)