- 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 9 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-billed_Nunbird
