Cotingas
Cotingidae
The cotingas are a large family of passerine bird species found in Central America and tropical South America. Cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges, which mostly eat fruit or insects and fruit. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. They may be the most diverse passerine family in body size, ranging from the 8 centimetres (3.15 in) kinglet calyptura to the...
24 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 65 known species
Plantcutters
genusPhytotoma
Cocks-of-the-rock
genusRupicola
Typical Pihas
genusLipaugus
Neotropical Bellbirds
genusProcnias
Typical Fruiteaters
genusPipreola
Blue Cotingas
genusCotinga
Crested Cotingas
genusAmpelion
Querula
genusQuerula
Pyroderus
genusPyroderus
Umbrellabirds
genusCephalopterus
Gymnoderus
genusGymnoderus
Berryeaters
genusCarpornis
White Cotingas
genusCarpodectes
White-winged Cotingas
genusXipholena
Phibalura
genusPhibalura
Ampelioides
genusAmpelioides
Perissocephalus
genusPerissocephalus
Green Pihas
genusSnowornis
Red Cotingas
genusPhoenicircus
Conioptilon
genusConioptilon
Bay-vented and Chestnut-bellied Cotingas
genusDoliornis
Porphyrolaema
genusPorphyrolaema
Zaratornis
genusZaratornis
Haematoderus
genusHaematoderus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 8659.