Biology:Monasa
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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.[1][2] The generic name is from the Ancient Greek monas meaning "solitary".[3]
The genus contains four species:[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black nunbird
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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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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Yellow-billed nunbird
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Monasa flavirostris Strickland, 1850 |
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| 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
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Black-fronted nunbird
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Monasa nigrifrons (Spix, 1824) Two subspecies
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Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
- ↑ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816) (in French). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire. Paris: Deterville/self. p. 27. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9745205x/f33.image.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1948). Check-list of Birds of the World. 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 21. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477454.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Jacamars, puffbirds, toucans, barbets, honeyguides". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/jacamars/. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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