Black Nunbird
A species of Typical Nunbirds Scientific name : Monasa atra Genus : Typical Nunbirds
Black Nunbird, A species of Typical Nunbirds
Botanical name: Monasa atra
Genus: Typical Nunbirds
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Description
Photo By Dubi Shapiro 
Description
The black nunbird (Monasa atra) is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds. It is found in north-central South America in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana including the Guiana Shield; also eastern and southeastern Venezuela in the eastern Orinoco River Basin, and the Amazon Basin of northeast Brazil in the north-central and northeast. It is not found south of the Amazon River, and its western limit bordering southeast Venezuela is the Rio Negro. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests. 
Size
29 cm
Feeding Habits
Black Nunbird consumes a diet of insects, scorpions, spiders, large centipedes, lizards, and occasionally stick-insects. It employs dynamic feeding behaviors such as sallying, hovering, and catching prey mid-flight, but typically plucks prey from substrates. Black Nunbird follows ant swarms and may forage under other bird species to locate flushed prey.
Habitat
The black Nunbird is typically found in the understorey to canopy layers of humid terra firme forests, as well as gallery and várzea forests. It has a strong preference for areas near water, such as forest edges, and habitats that include scrub and more open landscapes. The species is often located high in the subcanopy, particularly around large trees, areas with abundant lianas, near palms, or at rotted stumps and on dead limbs. It is also known to frequent tall second growth, partly cleared plantations, and gaps created by treefalls or escarpments.
Dite type
Omnivorous
Photo By Dubi Shapiro 
Scientific Classification
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