Cotingas (Cotingidae)

Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) - HBW 9, p. 93

French: Cotinga bleu German: Nördliche Prachtkotinga Spanish: Cotinga Azul
Other common names: Natterer’s Cotinga

Taxonomy: Ampelis Nattererii Boissonneau, 1840, “Bogotá” [presumably from lower altitude in adjacent Magdalena Valley], Colombia.
May form a superspecies with C. amabilis, C. ridgwayi, C. maynana, C. cotinga and C. maculata, and all sometimes treated as conspecific. Monotypic.

Distribution: Panama (E from W Colón), Colombia (Pacific lowlands and E to middle Magdalena Valley), extreme W Venezuela (NW Táchira, Mérida) and NW Ecuador (Esmeraldas).