Birds of Peru

    PICIFORMES: Bucconidae (Puffbirds)  
Genus: Nonnula (4 species, 6 worldwide)

Genus Nonnula, Nunlets, are small sparrow-sized birds closely related to puffbirds. Like puffbirds, they perch often on low branches without much movement, waiting for large insects.


Brown Nunlet
Brown Nunlet (Nonnula brunnea)
Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Rusty-breasted Nunlet
Rusty-breasted Nunlet (Nonnula rubecula)
Fazenda Grotão, Brasília, DF, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-capped Nunlet
Rufous-capped Nunlet (Nonnula ruficapilla)
Tambopata, Peru,  
   
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to Grey-cheeked Nunlet from Panama and northwest Colombia.

Fulvous-chinned Nunlet
Fulvous-chinned Nunlet (Nonnula sclateri)
Madre de Dios, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.



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