Blue Cotingas
Cotinga
Cotinga is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cotinga family, Cotingidae. It contains seven species. They are found in tropical rainforest in South and Central America from southern Mexico to south-east Brazil. They feed mainly on fruit and forage high in trees.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Spangled Cotinga
speciesCotinga cayana
Blue Cotinga
speciesCotinga nattererii
Plum-throated Cotinga
speciesCotinga maynana
Turquoise Cotinga
speciesCotinga ridgwayi
Lovely Cotinga
speciesCotinga amabilis
Purple-breasted Cotinga
speciesCotinga cotinga
Banded Cotinga
speciesCotinga maculata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8907.