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The yellow-billed nunbird is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 39 g (1.4 oz). The adult is mostly sooty black, with the belly tending to very dark gray and the tail being greenish black. The lesser wing coverts are mostly white and show as white spots on the closed wing. The bill is yellow and noticeably shorter than those of the other members of its genus. Its eye is dark and the feet blackish. Immatures are a slightly duller black than adults and the white areas are not as prominent. Voice: The yellow-billed nunbird's song "consists of full melodious lengthy phrases in choruses, typically including a frequently repeated 'wheekit-wheeyk, wheekit-wheeyk...'."
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When to see the Yellow-billed Nunbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Yellow-billed Nunbird
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yellow-billed Nunbird
The yellow-billed nunbird is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Black NunbirdMonasa atraThe 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).
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 Yellow-billed Nunbird · White-fronted Nunbird vs Yellow-billed Nunbird · Black Nunbird vs Yellow-billed Nunbird · Lanceolated Monklet vs Yellow-billed Nunbird
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