Black-fronted Nunbird vs Barred Puffbird

Monasa nigrifrons comparado con Nystalus radiatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Black-fronted Nunbird Barred Puffbird
Nombre científico Monasa nigrifrons Nystalus radiatus
Orden Piciformes Piciformes
Familia Bucconidae Bucconidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 25,6 cm (10.1 in) 18,3 cm (7.2 in)
Peso 83,0 g (2.93 oz) 61,0 g (2.15 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Black-fronted Nunbird only

Ninguno

Barred Puffbird only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Black-fronted Nunbird

Least Concern

Barred Puffbird

About These Birds

Black-fronted Nunbird

The Black-fronted Nunbird is a medium-sized puffbird with mostly black plumage, a bright red bill, and a bold black forehead accentuating its large round head. It inhabits humid lowland and foothill forests from Colombia and Ecuador east through Amazonia to Brazil and Bolivia. It perches quietly on exposed branches in the forest midstory, sallying out to catch large insects and small lizards.

Barred Puffbird

The Barred Puffbird is a puffbird of the family Bucconidae found in humid forests and forest edges from Panama to northwestern South America. Weighing about 61g with a wingspan of 18.3cm, it has intricately barred rufous-and-black plumage. It perches motionless in the forest understory, sallying out to catch large insects.

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