Birds of Peru

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Genus: Monasa (3 species, 4 worldwide)


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.



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

Eating large bug.

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