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Species status: full species

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Witblesnonvoël
Azerbaijani: ağalın monasa
Bulgarian: Сива пуховка
Catalan: Barbacoll negre de front blanc
Czech: lenivka běločelá, Lenivka škrabošková
Danish: Hvidmasket Trappist
German: Weißstirn-Faulvogel, Weißstirntrappist, Weißstirn-Trappist
English: White fronted Nunbird, White-fronted Nunbird
English (Avilist): White-fronted Nunbird
English, HBW: White-fronted Nunbird
English (IOC): White-fronted Nunbird
English (United States): White-fronted Nunbird
Esperanto: Blankafrunta monaĥino, blankfrunta bukono
Spanish: Buco Cariblanco, Monja, Monja frentiblanca, Monjita Cantora, Pajáro monja frentiblanca, Tangurú de Cara Blanca
Spanish (Colombia): Monjita Cantora
Spanish (Costa Rica): Monja frentiblanca
Spanish (Ecuador): Monja frentiblanca
Spanish (Spain): Monja Frentiblanca
Spanish (HBW): White-fronted Nunbird
Spanish (Honduras): Pajáro monja frentiblanca
Spanish (Nicaragua): Buco Cariblanco
Spanish (Panama): Monja Frentiblanca
Spanish (Peru): Monja de Frente Blanca
Spanish (Venezuela): Monja
Estonian: lauk-puhvlind
Finnish: Partanunna
French: Barbacou à face blanche, Barbacou à front blanc, Barbacou à front blanc (à front blanc), Barbacou à front blanc (forme à front blanc)
French (Guyane): Barbacou à front blanc
Croatian: bjeločeli hakuru
Hungarian: fehérhomlokú apácamadár
Icelandic: Munkablesi
Italian: Monaca frontebianca
Japanese (romaji): shirobitaiamadori
Japanese: シロビタイアマドリ
Scientific: Bucco Morphoeus, Monasa morphoeus, Monasa morphoeus morphoeus
Lithuanian: Baltakaktis tingiapaukštis vienuolis
Dutch: Witvoorhoofdtrappist
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitpanneklarisse
Norwegian: Hvitpanneklarisse
Polish: drzym bialoczelny, drzym białoczelny, Morfeusz
Portuguese: bico-de-brasa, bico-de-brasa-de-cara-branca, bico-de-brasa-de-testa-branca, bico-de-cravo, bico-de-fogo, Chora-chuva-de-cara-branca, juiz-do-mato, sauni, tunguru-pará
Portuguese (Brazil): bico-de-brasa, bico-de-brasa-de-cara-branca, bico-de-brasa-de-testa-branca, bico-de-cravo, bico-de-fogo, Chora-chuva-de-cara-branca, juiz-do-mato, sauni, tunguru-pará
Portuguese (Portugal): barbudo-de-testa-branca, Chora-chuva-de-faces-brancas
Russian: Белолобая монашенка
Slovak: lenivka bielocelá, lenivka bieločelá
Serbian: Beločeli nona puf
Swedish: Vitpannad nunnefågel
Turkish: Beyaz alınlı keşişkuşu
Ukrainian: Лінивка-чорнопер білолоба
Chinese: 白额黑䴕, 白额黑鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 白額尼鴷