White-fronted Nunbird
Monasa morphoeus (Hahn & Küster, 1823)
Bucconidae — Puffbirds
White-fronted Nunbird, Monasa morphoeus, is a bird of Middle America and South America, ranging from Honduras to Amazonia and south-eastern Brazil. It belongs to the Bucconidae family in the order Piciformes. It is found in wooded country, including lowland rainforest, gallery forest and transitional forest, and also in more open places such as partly cleared areas, shaded cacao plantations and old clearings with scattered trees. The species has a white forehead and chin, which help set it apart from the rest of its dark plumage.
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Bucconidae — Puffbirds
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Honduras to Amazonia and se Brazil
