Birds of Venezuela

    PICIFORMES: Bucconidae (Puffbirds)  
Genus: Nonnula (1 species, 6 worldwide)

Genus Nonnula, Nunlets, are small sparrow-sized birds closely related to puffbirds. Like puffbirds, they perch often on low branches without much movement, waiting for large insects.


Rusty-breasted Nunlet
Rusty-breasted Nunlet (Nonnula rubecula)
Fazenda Grotão, Brasília, DF, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.



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