Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata

Lanceolated Monklet, La Llantera, San Martin, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image La Llantera, San Martin, Peru
October 2018

The Lanceolated Monklet is distributed from Costa Rica and Panama through Colombia to Bolivia and the western part of the Amazon Basin. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in the sub canopy of forest at between 500 and 1,500 metres.
Lanceolated Monklet, La Llantera, San Martin, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image Like all puffbirds it is quiet and inconspicuous so easy to overlook. It sometimes forms part of a mixed flock.

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