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 Ecuador.
- Black-necked Red-Cotinga Phoenicircus nigricollis
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata
- Chestnut-crested Cotinga Ampelion rufaxilla
- Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni
- Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
- Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
- Orange-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola jucunda
- Black-chested Fruiteater Pipreola lubomirskii
- Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota
- Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis
- Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
- Gray-tailed Piha Snowornis subalaris
- Olivaceous Piha Snowornis cryptolophus
- Dusky Piha Lipaugus fuscocinereus
- Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Purple-throated Cotinga Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
- Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii
- Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana
- Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
- Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea
- Black-tipped Cotinga Carpodectes hopkei
- Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus
- Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger
- Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ecuador