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The black nunbird is 25 to 29 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long and weighs 74 to 104 g (2.6 to 3.7 oz). The adult's upperparts are glossy blue-black and the underparts dark gray to light gray. The lesser coverts are white, showing as a wide white band on the closed wing. The bill is red, the eye red to brown, and the legs and feet slaty black. Immatures are sootier above and browner below than the adult. Voice: The black nunbird's songs are a "lute-like 'whoo-doo-doo' and descending 'hyoo-hoo-hoo-oo-oo-oo'". Calls include a "loud 'yawkl-diddl' or 'quee-didada'".
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When to see the Black Nunbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black Nunbird
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black Nunbird
The black nunbird is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-billed NunbirdMonasa flavirostrisThe yellow-billed nunbird is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 39 g (1.4 oz).
White-fronted NunbirdMonasa morphoeusThe white-fronted nunbird is 21 to 29 cm (8.3 to 11 in) long.
Black-fronted NunbirdMonasa nigrifronsThe black-fronted nunbird is 26 to 29 cm (10 to 11 in) long and weighs 68 to 98 g (2.4 to 3.5 oz).
Side by side: Black-fronted Nunbird vs Black Nunbird · Black Nunbird vs White-fronted Nunbird · Black Nunbird vs Yellow-billed Nunbird
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