White-faced Nunbird
Hapaloptila castanea(Verreaux, JP, 1866)
English (US) White-faced Nunbird
The White-faced Nunbird (Hapaloptila castanea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Bucconidae (Puffbirds) in the order Galbuliformes.
Range: locally in Andean foothills of western Colombia to northwestern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hapaloptila castanea
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-faced Nunbird
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP, 1866)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Malacoptila castanea
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP, 1866)
- Type locality
- Bogota; region of Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia, substituted by Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Sen, 13, pt. 2, no. 2, 1919, p. 405, note b.
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 18 p.355 pl.19
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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