The lanceolated monklet (Micromonacha lanceolata) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds.
Typical puffbird shape: rotund with a large flat head and thick hooked bill. Brown above and white below with heavy blackish streaking. Unlikely to be mistaken.
The Lanceolated Monklet is a small, distinctive puffbird, and a seldom-seen and oft-overlooked rainforest inhabitant from Costa Rica south through Peru and ...
Small puffbird, always rare in the middle levels of lowland and foothill forest. Typical puffbird shape: rotund with a large flat head and thick hooked bill ...
The lanceolated monklet (Micromonacha lanceolata) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is the only member of the genus ...
Several authors have considered M. lanceolata to be a rare puffbird1,4,5 although T. A. Parker (in litt.) sug gested that the species occurs evenly through.
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence < ...
The Lanceolated Monklet, a diminutive and solitary bird, is a warm brown creature adorned with buffy, scale-like markings.
Micromonacha lanceolata: E Costa Rica to Ecuador, ne Peru, extreme w Brazil, n Bolivia. Source: Clements checklist. English:
Micromonacha lanceolata. Common Name. Lanceolated Monklet. Kingdom. Animalia. Location in Taxonomic Tree. Genus. Micromonacha. Species. Micromonacha lanceolata ...