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The brown nunlet is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long. Its crown and upperparts are plain brown. It has a buffy rufous band from the bill to the eye, a narrow buffy ring around the eye, and dark grayish brown cheeks. The throat and flanks are dark rufous, and the chin and breast pale rufous. The belly is buffy rufous. The bill, eye, and feet are dark. Voice: The brown nunlet's song is "a series of 20–25 'treeu' notes, repeated steadily, starting quietly, building up, and then fading again towards end."
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When to see the Brown Nunlet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Brown Nunlet
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Brown Nunlet
The brown nunlet is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Fulvous-chinned NunletNonnula sclateriThe fulvous-chinned nunlet is 14 to 15.5 cm (5.5 to 6.1 in) long.
Rufous-capped NunletNonnula ruficapillaThe rufous-capped nunlet is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 14 to 22 g (0.49 to 0.78 oz).
Chestnut-headed NunletNonnula amaurocephalaThe chestnut-headed nunlet is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 15 to 16 g (0.53 to 0.56 oz).
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