Monasa Explained

Monasa is a genus of puffbirds in the Bucconidae family.

The genus was described by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the black nunbird (Monasa atra) as the type species.[1] [2] The generic name is from the Ancient Greek monas meaning "solitary".[3]

The genus contains four species:[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Vieillot, Louis Pierre . Louis Pierre Vieillot . 1816 . Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire . Deterville/self . Paris . 27 . French.
  2. Book: Peters . James Lee . James L. Peters . 1948 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 6 . Harvard University Press . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 21 .
  3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 259 .
  4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Jacamars, puffbirds, toucans, barbets, honeyguides . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 24 July 2019 .

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