- Black Nunbird
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Black Nunbird Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Piciformes Family: Bucconidae Genus: Monasa Species: M. atra Binomial name Monasa atra
(Boddaert, 1783)The Black Nunbird (Monasa atra) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is found in 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. It is not found south of the Amazon River, and its western limit bordering southeast Venezuela is the Rio Negro.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Monasa atra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
External links
- Black Nunbird videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Black Nunbird photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
- Photo-High Res; Article tropicalbirding
- Photo-High Res; Article www1.nhl.nl–"Birds in Suriname"
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Monasa
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of Guyana
- Birds of Suriname
- Birds of French Guiana
- Birds of Venezuela
- Birds of Brazil
- Piciformes stubs
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