Cotingas (Cotingidae)
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rufaxilla) - HBW 9, p. 75
French: Cotinga à tête rousse
German: Braunohrkotinga
Spanish: Cotinga Cresticastaño
Taxonomy: A[mpelis] rufaxilla Tschudi, 1844, Vitoc Valley, Junín, Peru.
Genus appears to form a clade with Doliornis and Zaratornis; anatomical research and recent genetic data indicate close relationship to Phytotoma. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- antioquiae (Chapman, 1924) - Andes of Colombia (W range in Valle and Cauca, and C range S to Huila) and probably extreme N Ecuador (W Sucumbíos).
- rufaxilla (Tschudi, 1844) - Andes of extreme S Ecuador (S Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru, and Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds in tree, one of them flies away, the other displays Locality Huancane, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp rufaxilla)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 6 years ago 22 sec 2.6 -
A bird in a mossy tree, displaying Locality Huancane, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp rufaxilla)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 6 years ago 41 sec 2.5 -
A bird in a tree, preening and then flying away Locality Huancane, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp rufaxilla)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 6 years ago 47 sec 2.5
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Ind perched outside nest
Locality Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp antioquiae)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 May 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
on a tree
Locality La Esperanza, Amazonas Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 12 February 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
Ind sitting on nest. short note being prepared for publication.
Locality Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp antioquiae)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 May 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
Ind perched near fruiting tree and old nest
Locality Jardín, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp antioquiae)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 June 2009 2 years ago 3
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