White-faced Nunbird
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| White-faced Nunbird | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Bucconidae |
| Genus: | Hapaloptila P.L. Sclater, 1881 |
| Species: | H. castanea |
| Binomial name | |
| Hapaloptila castanea (Verreaux, 1866) |
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The White-faced Nunbird (Hapaloptila castanea) is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. Its genus Hapaloptila is monotypic.[citation needed]
It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Hapaloptila castanea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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