Cotingas (Cotingidae)
Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) - HBW 9, p. 93
French: Cotinga turquoise
German: Ridgwaykotinga
Spanish: Cotinga Turquesa
Other common names: Ridgway’s Cotinga
Taxonomy: Cotinga ridgwayi Ridgway, 1887, Pozo Azul, Costa Rica.
May form a superspecies with C. amabilis, C. nattererii, C. maynana, C. cotinga and C. maculata, and all sometimes treated as conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Pacific slope of Costa Rica (S from Gulf of Nicoya) and W Panama (S to Chiriquí).
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A male perched in a tree Locality Talamanca, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 7 years ago 36 sec 3.2 -
A male preening. Locality Carate, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Richard Garrigues 10 September 2010 1 year ago 35 sec 2.5
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A bird perched. Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 23 August 2011 39 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird perched on a tree.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 30 November 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 30 November 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
A perched bird. Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 23 August 2011 39 weeks ago 3.4 -
A male perched. Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 22 November 2011 24 weeks ago 3 -
Lateral view of a perched bird.
Locality Morazán, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica
manuel retana 30 November 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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