Cotingas
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cotingidae
The cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges of tropical South America. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. The males of many of the species are brightly coloured, or decorated with plumes or wattles. There are 28 species which have been recorded in Venezuela
- Black-necked Red-Cotinga Phoenicircus nigricollis
- Guianan Red-Cotinga Phoenicircus carnifex
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata
- Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
- Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
- Golden-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola aureopectus
- Handsome Fruiteater Pipreola formosa (E)
- Red-banded Fruiteater Pipreola whitelyi
- Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
- Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
- Rose-collared Piha Lipaugus streptophorus
- Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii
- Purple-breasted Cotinga Cotinga cotinga
- Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
- Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea
- Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
- Crimson Fruitcrow Haematoderus militaris
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus
- Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus
- Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor
- White Bellbird Procnias alba
- Bearded Bellbird Procnias averano
- Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana
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