Monasa

Monasa is a genus of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.

Monasa
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]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Monasa atraBlack nunbirdNorth-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 flavirostrisYellow-billed nunbirdBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Monasa morphoeusWhite-fronted nunbirdBrazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela; in southern Central America in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Monasa nigrifronsBlack-fronted nunbirdBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

References

  1. Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Elementaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 27.
  2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1948). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 6. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 21.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  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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