The cotingas (Cotingidae) are a clade of suboscines bird species of neotropical distribution in South America and Central America. The group contains more than 60 living species and is in the clade Tyrannides (along with Pipridae, Oxyruncidae, Onychorhynchidae, Tityridae, Pipritidae, Platyrinchidae, Tachurididae, Rhynchocyclidae, Tyrannidae, Melanopareiidae, Conopophagidae, Thamnophilidae, Grallariidae, Rhinocryptidae, Formicariidae, and Furnariidae). The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 66 species of cotingas distributed among 24 genera, nine of which have only one species.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequenceScaled fruiteaterAmpelioides tschudii1Fiery-throated fruiteaterPipreola chlorolepidota2Scarlet-breasted fruiteaterPipreola frontalis3Handsome fruiteaterPipreola formosa4Red-banded fruiteaterPipreola whitelyi5Black-chested fruiteaterPipreola lubomirskii6Orange-breasted fruiteaterPipreola jucunda7Masked fruiteaterPipreola pulchra8Golden-breasted fruiteaterPipreola aureopectus9Barred fruiteaterPipreola arcuata10Band-tailed fruiteaterPipreola intermedia11Green-and-black fruiteaterPipreola riefferii12Grey-tailed pihaSnowornis subalaris13Olivaceous pihaSnowornis cryptolophus14Hooded berryeaterCarpornis cucullata15Black-headed berryeaterCarpornis melanocephala16Andean cock-of-the-rockRupicola peruvianus17Guianan cock-of-the-rockRupicola rupicola18Guianan red cotingaPhoenicircus carnifex19Black-necked red cotingaPhoenicircus nigricollis20White-cheeked cotingaZaratornis stresemanni21Rufous-tailed plantcutterPhytotoma rara22Peruvian plantcutterPhytotoma raimondii23White-tipped plantcutterPhytotoma rutila24Swallow-tailed cotingaPhibalura flavirostris25Palkachupa cotingaPhibalura boliviana26Bay-vented cotingaDoliornis sclateri27Chestnut-bellied cotingaDoliornis remseni28Red-crested cotingaAmpelion rubrocristatus29Chestnut-crested cotingaAmpelion rufaxilla30Crimson fruitcrowHaematoderus militaris31Purple-throated fruitcrowQuerula purpurata32Red-ruffed fruitcrowPyroderus scutatus33Bare-necked umbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollis34Long-wattled umbrellabirdCephalopterus penduliger35Amazonian umbrellabirdCephalopterus ornatus36CapuchinbirdPerissocephalus tricolor37Rufous pihaLipaugus unirufus38Rose-collared pihaLipaugus streptophorus39Screaming pihaLipaugus vociferans40Cinnamon-vented pihaLipaugus lanioides41Black-and-gold cotingaLipaugus ater42Grey-winged cotingaLipaugus conditus43Chestnut-capped pihaLipaugus weberi44Dusky pihaLipaugus fuscocinereus45Scimitar-winged pihaLipaugus uropygialis46White bellbirdProcnias albus47Three-wattled bellbirdProcnias tricarunculatus48Bare-throated bellbirdProcnias nudicollis49Bearded bellbirdProcnias averano50Plum-throated cotingaCotinga maynana51Spangled cotingaCotinga cayana52Lovely cotingaCotinga amabilis53Blue cotingaCotinga nattererii54Turquoise cotingaCotinga ridgwayi55Banded cotingaCotinga maculata56Purple-breasted cotingaCotinga cotinga57Purple-throated cotingaPorphyrolaema porphyrolaema58Black-faced cotingaConioptilon mcilhennyi59Bare-necked fruitcrowGymnoderus foetidus60Pompadour cotingaXipholena punicea61White-tailed cotingaXipholena lamellipennis62White-winged cotingaXipholena atropurpurea63Black-tipped cotingaCarpodectes hopkei64Yellow-billed cotingaCarpodectes antoniae65Snowy cotingaCarpodectes nitidus66
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