Black-fronted Nunbird

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The Black-fronted Nunbird occurs in eastern Ecuador, where it inhabits lowland Amazonian forests, especially along river margins, swampy clearings, and seasonally flooded woodlands below 1,000 meters. Though generally uncommon, it is locally present in suitable várzea and igapó habitats, often seen perched quietly in the mid-canopy or following primate troops and army ant swarms to capture flushed prey. The species is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN, with a broad Amazonian range and a population suspected to be slowly declining due to forest loss. Natural history observations highlight its aerial insectivory, use of excavated ground burrows for nesting, and a clutch size of three eggs laid during the April to October breeding season.