Birds of Colombia

    PICIFORMES: Bucconidae (Puffbirds)  
Genus: Monasa (4 species, 4 worldwide)


Black Nunbird
Black Nunbird (Monasa atra)
Manaus, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to the Black-fronted Nunbird but with white in the wings and little range overlap.

Yellow-billed Nunbird
Yellow-billed Nunbird (Monasa flavirostris)
Bosque Bavaria, Villavicencio, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Perhaps the least common nunbird.

White-fronted Nunbird
White-fronted Nunbird (Monasa morphoeus peruana)
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

White-fronted Nunbird
White-fronted Nunbird (Monasa morphoeus pallescens)
Darien National Park, Panama
  Silver-winged pallescens race.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



Black-fronted Nunbird
Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons nigrifrons)
Puerto NariƱo, Amazonas, Colombia
  All black with red bill.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Eating large bug.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba