Birds of Brazil

    PICIFORMES: Bucconidae (Puffbirds)  
Genus: Nonnula (4 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.


Chestnut-headed Nunlet
Chestnut-headed Nunlet (Nonnula amaurocephala) ENDEMIC
Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Adam Kent   © All Rights Reserved.


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


Rufous-capped Nunlet
Rufous-capped Nunlet (Nonnula ruficapilla)
Tambopata, Peru,  
   
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to Grey-cheeked Nunlet from Panama and northwest Colombia.

Fulvous-chinned Nunlet
Fulvous-chinned Nunlet (Nonnula sclateri)
Madre de Dios, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.



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