Lanceolated Monklet (Micromonacha lanceolata)

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
12 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Deville, 1849)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 300 - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil (B), Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), Ecuador (B), Panama (B), Peru (B).

Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and west-central Panama; also from south-western and west-central Colombia southern on both sides of Andes, in west to north-western Ecuador and in east to north-eastern Peru, extreme western Brazil and northern Bolivia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)...)

Lanceolated Monklet (Micromonacha lanceolata) [XC128163]
by Dan Lane from Andes, Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

(Micromonacha lanceolata) [XC5895]
by Andrew Spencer from Milpe, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Birds from Costa Rica to western Panama named as subspecies austinsmithi, but characters weak and inconstant.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lanceolated Monklet (Micromonacha lanceolata) - 10 files

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