Cotingas (Cotingidae)
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana) - HBW 9, p. 94
French: Cotinga de Cayenne
German: Türkisblaue Kotinga
Spanish: Cotinga Celeste
Taxonomy: [Ampelis] cayana Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne.
May be less closely related to others of genus than they are to one another. Monotypic.
Distribution: Colombia E of Andes, S & E Venezuela, the Guianas, and Amazon Basin in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (E to Maranhão, S to Rondônia and N Goiás) and N Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched in a tree ejecting a pellet and scratching the head. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 4.6 -
A male in a tree, turning around and stretching the wing. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of an adult male preening, then scratching the head, turning around and flying away. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 4.2 -
Close up of perched bird Locality Pousada Rio Azul, Pará State, Brazil
mark sutton 10 February 2009 3 years ago 11 sec 4.1 -
A dorsal view of a male perched, looking around Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 4 -
A male perched on a branch looking around. Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 3.7
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Adult male.
Locality Zoo Wuppertal, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 6 July 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
A close-up of a male.
Locality Chestnut Lodge private collection, Surrey, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 May 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
Above the treetop viewing platform at Tambo Blanquillo
Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Iian Denham 27 September 2012 25 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult female perched on a branch.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Alberto Soria 30 January 2010 3 years ago 3.7 -
A close-up of a male.
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 October 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
An immature perched on a branch.
Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
gemma aznar 27 December 2010 2 years ago 3.4
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