Cotingas (Cotingidae)

White-tailed Cotinga (Xipholena lamellipennis) - HBW 9, p. 97

French: Cotinga à queue blanche German: Weißschwanz-Pompadourkotinga Spanish: Cotinga Coliblanco

Taxonomy: Ampelis lamellipennis Lafresnaye, 1839, South America = Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Forms a superspecies with X. punicea and X. atropurpurea; only marginal range overlap with first of those in Brazil (W bank of lower R Tapajós, in W Pará). Described race pallidior, from Santarém (lower R Tapajós), is inseparable. Monotypic.

Distribution: Lower Amazonian Brazil S of Amazon, from Pará (W bank and drainage of lower R Tapajós) E to N Maranhão.