White-faced Nunbird - BirdForum Opus

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Hapaloptila castanea

Photo by steveblain
Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador, June 2005

Distribution

South America: found locally in the Andean foothills of western Colombia, Ecuador and north-western Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1], the genus itself also being monotypic.

Habitat

Cloud forest.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-faced Nunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-faced_Nunbird

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