Yellow-billed Nunbird
Monasa flavirostrisStrickland, HE, 1850
English (US) Yellow-billed Nunbird
The Yellow-billed Nunbird (Monasa flavirostris) 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: Amazon basin (southeastern Colombia to northern Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Monasa flavirostris
- Family
- Bucconidae (Puffbirds)
- Order
- Galbuliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-billed Nunbird
- Described by
- Strickland, HE, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Strickland, HE, 1850
- Type locality
- Peru.
- Original description
- Contributions to ornithology p.47 pl.48
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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