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 31 species which have been recorded in Peru.
- Peruvian Plantcutter Phytotoma raimondii (E)
- Black-necked Red-Cotinga Phoenicircus nigricollis
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata
- Chestnut-crested Cotinga Ampelion rufaxilla
- Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni
- Bay-vented Cotinga Doliornis sclateri (E)
- White-cheeked Cotinga Zaratornis stresemanni (E)
- Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
- Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia
- Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
- Black-chested Fruiteater Pipreola lubomirskii
- Masked Fruiteater Pipreola pulchra (E)
- 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
- Scimitar-winged Piha Lipaugus uropygialis
- Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
- Purple-throated Cotinga Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
- Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana
- Purple-breasted Cotinga Cotinga cotinga (A)
- Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
- Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea (A)
- Black-faced Cotinga Conioptilon mcilhennyi (E)
- Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus
- Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Peru