Species profile
Chestnut-headed Nunlet
Nonnula amaurocephala
Quick answer
NW Brazil n of Amazon and w of Río Negro
- Scientific name
- Nonnula amaurocephala
- Family
- Bucconidae
- Order
- Piciformes
- Genus
- Nonnula
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Bucconidae
- Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus)
- Black Nunbird (Monasa atra)
- 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)