White-faced Nunbird | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Bucconidae |
Genus: | Hapaloptila P.L. Sclater, 1881 |
Species: | H. castanea |
Binomial name | |
Hapaloptila castanea (Verreaux, 1866) |
The White-faced Nunbird (Hapaloptila castanea) is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. Its genus Hapaloptila is monotypic.
It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.