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title: "Witvoorhoofdtrappist"
description: "Monasa morphoeus — Vogels. The white-fronted nunbird (Monasa morphoeus) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-fronted-nunbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witvoorhoofdtrappist

> Monasa morphoeus — Vogels. The white-fronted nunbird (Monasa morphoeus) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds.

- Scientific name: *Monasa morphoeus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 800
- Wikidata: [Q1260133](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260133)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1550](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1550)

## Names

- en: White-fronted Nunbird
- de: Weißstirn-Trappist
- es: Monjita cantora
- fr: Barbacou à front blanc
- nl: Witvoorhoofdtrappist
- pl: Drzym białoczelny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (197), CR (145), PE (144), EC (88), CO (64), PA (49), BO (33), NI (16), HN (3)

## Summary

The white-fronted nunbird (Monasa morphoeus) is a species of near-passerine bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds, nunlets, and nunbirds. It is found Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-fronted_nunbird

## Photo

![Witvoorhoofdtrappist](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-fronted-nunbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218005930

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-fronted-nunbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).