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;[[:Category:Monasa|Monasa]] flavirostris | ;[[:Category:Monasa|Monasa]] flavirostris | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 23–25 cm | ||
| + | *Black overall plumage | ||
| + | *White lesser wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[South America]]: found in the Amazon basin of south-eastern [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], northern [[Bolivia]] and western Amazonian [[Brazil]]. |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Humid transitional and secondary forests. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Not well recorded, but believed to consist of insects. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase | ||
| + | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015) | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Monasa+flavirostris}} | {{GSearch|Monasa+flavirostris}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Monasa]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Monasa]] | ||
Revision as of 00:14, 8 January 2015
- Monasa flavirostris
Identification
23–25 cm
- Black overall plumage
- White lesser wing coverts
Distribution
South America: found in the Amazon basin of south-eastern Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Humid transitional and secondary forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Not well recorded, but believed to consist of insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-billed Nunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-billed_Nunbird
