Fulvous-chinned Nunlet

Nonnula sclateri

Least ConcernLegendaryInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 16 g

About the Fulvous-chinned Nunlet

The fulvous-chinned nunlet is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

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The fulvous-chinned nunlet is 14 to 15.5 cm (5.5 to 6.1 in) long. Two males weighed 15.4 and 17 g (0.54 and 0.60 oz) and two females 19 and 19.9 g (0.67 and 0.70 oz). Its upperparts, wings, and tail are dull brown. Its lores are reddish brown and the cheeks dark gray. The chin is pale rufous ("fulvous") that blends to reddish brown on the throat and breast. The center of the belly is whitish and the flanks dull fulvous. The eye is brown with a narrow coral red or reddish purple ring around it. The maxilla is black, the mandible dark gray to greenish gray, and the feet gray to olive gray. Voice: The fulvous-chinned nunlet's song is a "weak series of thin, mewing whistles: wee weep weep weep weep weep".

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Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in May · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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