Lanceolated monklet

Micromonacha lanceolata

The lanceolated monklet is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is the only member of the genus ''Micromonacha''. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical and tropical moist montane forests.
Lanceolated monklets (Micromonacha lanceolata), in the process of making more monklets! PNYC - Huampal, Pasco, Peru. Jul 16, 2020 Geotagged,Lanceolated monklet,Micromonacha lanceolata,Peru,Winter

Appearance

It is a small, round, brownish bird, short and narrow-tailed with a stout medium-length black bill. It is medium brown with reddish brown highlighting around the eyes and forehead, and a buff-white chest, streaked vertically with large gray-black stripings. It has black eyes and a small buff eye ring. Wing feather-tips are flecked with white.
Lanceolated monklet - side view, Tatama National Park, Colombia I love this bird for its beautiful earth tones, but even more so for its behavior. Instead of fleeing like most birds, it poses as if to ensure we gets its good side. Closeup:
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Distribution

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. In the western Amazon Basin, it ranges from the Purus River in the southwest Basin, Amazonas state to the Japurá River of southern Colombia in the northwest.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPiciformes
FamilyBucconidae
GenusMicromonacha
SpeciesM. lanceolata
Photographed in
Colombia
Peru