Monasa
Monasa is a genus of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.
| Monasa | |
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| Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Suborder: | Galbuli |
| Genus: | Monasa Vieillot, 1816 |
| Species | |
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The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1816 with the black nunbird (Monasa atra) as the type species.[1][2] The generic name is from the Ancient Greek monas meaning "solitary".[3]
The genus contains four species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Monasa atra | Black nunbird | North-central South America in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana including the Guiana Shield; also eastern and southeastern Venezuela in the eastern Orinoco River Basin, and the Amazon Basin of northeast Brazil in the north-central and northeast |
 | Monasa flavirostris | Yellow-billed nunbird | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
 | Monasa morphoeus | White-fronted nunbird | Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela; in southern Central America in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama |
 | Monasa nigrifrons | Black-fronted nunbird | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
References
- Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 27.
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 21.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Jacamars, puffbirds, toucans, barbets, honeyguides". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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