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 (Micromonacha lanceolata) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds.

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 is a small, distinctive puffbird, and a seldom-seen and oft-overlooked rainforest inhabitant from Costa Rica south through Peru and ...

The lanceolated monklet (Micromonacha lanceolata) is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is the only member of the genus Micromonacha.

Geographic range: Micromonacha lanceolata: E Costa Rica to Ecuador, ne Peru, extreme w Brazil, n Bolivia. Source: Clements checklist. English:

This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence < ...

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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.

The Lanceolated Monklet, a diminutive and solitary bird, is a warm brown creature adorned with buffy, scale-like markings.