List of Birds of Bolivia - Cotingas

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.

  • White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila
  • Swallow-tailed Cotinga Phibalura flavirostris
  • Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata
  • Chestnut-crested Cotinga Ampelion rufaxilla
  • Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
  • Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia
  • Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
  • Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis
  • Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
  • Scimitar-winged Piha Lipaugus uropygialis (E)
  • Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
  • Purple-throated Cotinga Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
  • Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana
  • Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
  • Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea
  • Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
  • Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
  • Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus
  • Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana

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