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Gray-winged Cotinga
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Gray-winged Cotinga

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Gray-winged Cotinga

Lipaugus conditus

The grey-winged cotinga (Lipaugus conditus) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is endemic to Brazil where it is restricted to the Serra dos Órgãos and Serra do Tinguá in Rio de Janeiro State. Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forest.

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Description

The grey-winged cotinga is about 24 cm (9.4 in) long. The sexes are mildly sexually dimorphic. Adult males have an olive-green crown and a dull grayish face. Their upperparts are mostly olive-green with a yellower rump. Their wings and tail are a darker olive-green than their back, and the outer webs of the wing's flight feathers are silvery gray. Their underparts are olive-yellow that is yellower on the belly. They have a brown iris, a dark gray maxilla, a yellow-olive mandible, and dark horn legs and feet. Females are smaller than males and have duller body plumage that is more yellow and especially so on the rump. Their wings are grayer than the male's. They have a more delicate bill, legs, and feet than males.

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Range & habitat

The grey-winged cotinga is found only in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state. There it is known only from Serra dos Órgãos, Serra do Tinguá, Araras Biological Reserve and Nova Caledônia. It inhabits very humid elfin forest heavy with bromeliads. In elevation it ranges between 1,350 and 2,000 m (4,400 and 6,600 ft) though most of the few records are above 1,560 m (5,100 ft).

Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”

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What it does

The grey-winged cotinga feeds on berries, with those of Melastomataceae specifically identified. Nothing else is known about its diet or foraging behavior.

Wikipedia: “Feeding”

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