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 11 species which have been recorded in French Guiana.
- Guianan Red-Cotinga Phoenicircus carnifex
- Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
- Purple-breasted Cotinga Cotinga cotinga
- Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
- Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea
- Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
- Crimson Fruitcrow Haematoderus militaris (A)
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor
- White Bellbird Procnias alba
- Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of French Guiana