Cotingas (Cotingidae)
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus) - HBW 9, p. 74
French: Cotinga à huppe rouge
German: Rotschopfkotinga
Spanish: Cotinga Crestirrojo
Taxonomy: A[mpelis] rubro-cristata d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Ayopayo, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Genus appears to form a clade with Doliornis and Zaratornis; anatomical research and recent genetic data indicate close relationship to Phytotoma. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Colombia (Santa Marta Mts), also Sierra de Perijá (Colombia-W Venezuela border); and Andes from W Venezuela (S from NE Trujillo) and Colombia S to Bolivia (S to Santa Cruz).
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A bird on the top of a bush Locality Pico Humboldt Trail, Sierra Nevada National Park, Mérida State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 1 January 1996 3 years ago 14 sec 3.1 -
perched in treetop Locality Pillahuata, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 1 September 2006 25 weeks ago 37 sec 3 -
A bird perched and looking up, then, flying away Locality Pongo, Cotapata National Park, La Paz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Frank Witebsky 2004 4 years ago 14 sec 2.7 -
A bird on top of a tree Locality Siberia, Comarapa, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2005 5 years ago 27 sec 2.6 -
An individual perched and resting Locality Utuana, Loja Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 15 January 2007 4 years ago 17 sec 2.4
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Bird in hand.
Locality Mulauco, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Paul R Martin 2 February 2007 3 years ago 4 -
on a branch, with crest up
Locality Guasca, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 19 December 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Male perched on tree
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 27 February 2011 38 weeks ago 3 -
Perched on tree
Locality Pululahua, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 30 weeks ago 2.7 -
bird on a branch
Locality La Calera, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 26 September 2009 2 years ago 2.5 -
One adult bird perched.
Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru
Carlos Gussoni 12 November 2011 11 weeks ago 2.4
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Song Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 29 August 2009 1 year ago 3
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