Monasa Atra - Black Nunbird
''Monasa'' is a genus of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1816 with the black nunbird (''Monasa atra'') as the type species. The generic name is from the Ancient Greek ''monas'' meaning "solitary". The genus contains four species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...: References Bird genera Taxa named by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Piciformes-stub ...
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Black-fronted Nunbird
The black-fronted nunbird (''Monasa nigrifrons'') is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved 24 August 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The black-fronted nunbird has two subspecies, the nominate ''M. n. nigrifrons'' and ''M. n. canescens''. Some authors treat it, the black nunbird (''M. atra'') and the white-fronted nunbird (''M. morphoeus'') as a superspecies.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. A classification of the bird s ...
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