Grey-cheeked Nunlet

Nonnula frontalis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestScrapeSmall · 16 g

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The grey-cheeked nunlet is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 14.5 to 19.5 g (0.51 to 0.69 oz). The nominate subspecies has a very dark chestnut crown and plain brown upperparts, lighter on the rump. Most of the face is gray with a ring of bare red skin around the dark brown eye. The tail is dark brown and almost black near the tip. The chin, throat, breast, and flanks are rufous and the belly is buffy. The bill is mostly blue-gray and the feet dull brown or greenish gray. N. f. stulta has a very dark crown and its tail is blacker and rump drabber than those of the nominate. N. f. Voice: The grey-cheeked nunlet's song is a "plaintive, measured series of up to 20 notes, 'weeip weeip, weeip...'."

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When to see the Grey-cheeked 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 Grey-cheeked Nunlet

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Grey-cheeked Nunlet

The grey-cheeked nunlet is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Colombia and Panama.

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