#cotinga

[herpsandbirds]

Pompadour Cotinga (Xipholena punicea), male, family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, northern Brazil

photograph by Sergio Gregorio Photography https://www.instagram.com/sergiogregoriophoto/

[feather-bone]

[ID: an illustration, digital painting over watercolor, of a bright blue bird with a purple throat patch. It’s perched on a branch on a leafy green background. End.]

Spangled cotinga! Colorful fella from the Amazon. This month I’m focusing on animals that hang out in the emergent layer of the rainforest, so expect lots of colorful feathers.

[birdstudies]

May 6, 2024 - Grey-winged Cotinga (Lipaugus conditus) These cotingas are found in cloud forests in a small area around Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Little is known about their diet, but they have been observed feeding on berries. Though their breeding habits are unknown, a single female with a brood patch was captured in mid-November. Their population is currently stable but they are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN because of their small range which could face threats from fires and human disturbance in the future.

[toyastales]

Turquoise Cotinga

Photographer: Andrey Navarro

[birdblues]

Turquoise Cotinga

[alonglistofbirds]

[541/10,977] Banded Cotinga - Cotinga maculata

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Tyranni Family: Cotingidae (cotingas)

Photo credit: Alexander Chapman via Macaulay Library

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Turquoise Cotinga

Photo: Randall Jiménez

"Unmistakable in range: male is stunning electric-blue with purple patch on throat and belly. Female completely different; pale grayish with heavy spotting below and scaling on back. Tends to be slow-moving, perching obviously atop the canopy or inconspicuously feeding within a fruiting tree. Found in forested areas, singly or in pairs."

- eBird

[rookrecurring]

Day 10: Banded Cotinga

[bophtelophti]

My dash did a thing

[cronchyradish]

rips my shirt apart gGUAAGHH turacos and cotingas are both SO UNDERRATED!!!

[squawkoverflow]

A new variant has been added!

Elegant Crested Tinamou (Eudromia elegans) © cotinga

It hatches from crested, distinctive, emphatic, endemic, northern, open, red, rocky, similar, and striking eggs.

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[herpsandbirds]

Pompadour Cotinga (Xipholena punicea), male, family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, northern Brazil

photograph by Ciro Albano

[birdstudies]

December 17, 2023 - Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri) Found in the Andes in central Peru, these cotingas live in forests with very short trees near treeline. Due to the remoteness of their range, only three birds were found between the first observation of a pair in 1874 and the early 1970s. They feed mostly on fruits, along with some insects and forage alone or in pairs, though the details of their diet are not known. Almost nothing is known about their breeding behavior, though one of their nests may have been seen in April or May along with a young bird in July. They are classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation in their small range.

[birds-and-friends]

Andean cock-of-the-rock | Golden-browed chlorophonia | Orange-breasted fruiteater

Tim Hopwood

[birdblues]

Purple-breasted Cotinga

[alonglistofbirds]

[1369/10977] Blue Cotinga - Cotinga nattererii

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Tyranni Family: Cotingidae (cotingas)

Photo credit: Laura Erickson via Macaulay Library