White-faced Nunbird

White-faced Nunbird
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.

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