Grey-cheeked Nunlet (Nonnula frontalis)

Other Names (World)
Grey-cheeked Nunlet, Gray-cheeked Nunlet

Family
Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1854)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Panama.

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 (11)...)

Grey-cheeked Nunlet (Nonnula frontalis) [XC372311]
by Jerome Fischer from Metet\u00ed, Dari\u00e9n, Panama (song)

Grey-cheeked Nunlet (Nonnula frontalis) [XC109783]
by Andrew Spencer from El canon del Rio Claro, Antioquia, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Rufous-capped Nunlet (Nonnula ruficapilla) and Chestnut-headed Nunlet (Nonnula amaurocephala). Has at times been treated as conspecific with Rufous-capped Nunlet (Nonnula ruficapilla), and also with Brown Nunlet (Nonnula brunnea). Nominate subspecies somewhat variable in colour, and is thought possibly to comprise more than one taxon. Subspecies pallescens has on occasion been considered to belong to Rufous-capped Nunlet (Nonnula ruficapilla), although both geographically and morphologically they are decidedly distant.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

stulta Wetmore, 1953 - Central Panama to extreme north-western Colombia.
pallescens Todd, 1919 - Caribbean lowlands of northern Colombia.
frontalis (Sclater, 1854) - Interior northern Colombia.

References
See References.

Files:

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