Hubbry Logo
MonasaMonasaMain
Open search
Monasa
Community hub
Monasa
logo
8 pages, 0 posts
0 subscribers
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Monasa
from Wikipedia

Monasa
Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Bucconidae
Genus: Monasa
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Cuculus ater[1]
Boddaert, 1783
Species

See text

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.[2][3] The generic name is from the Ancient Greek monas meaning "solitary".[4]

The genus contains four species:[5]

Genus Monasa Vieillot, 1816 – 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
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Yellow-billed nunbird

Monasa flavirostris
Strickland, 1850
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


White-fronted nunbird

Monasa morphoeus
(Hahn & Küster, 1823)

Seven subspecies
Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela; in southern Central America in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 


Black-fronted nunbird

Monasa nigrifrons
(Spix, 1824)

Two subspecies
  • M. n. nigrifrons
  • M. n. canescens
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Map of range
Size:

Habitat:

Diet:
 LC 



References

[edit]
Revisions and contributorsEdit on WikipediaRead on Wikipedia
Add your contribution
Related Hubs
User Avatar
No comments yet.