Plum-throated Cotinga - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, 2 February 2016

Cotinga maynana

Identification

Female
Photo © by Joseph Morlan
Rio Ucayali, Rio Yamallpa, Loreto, Peru, 10 June 2019.

19½-20½ cm (7¼-8 in)
Male is turquoise blue with purple throat and light eyes; outer primaries are black and attenuated. Female is overall brown with indistinct buff scaling on upperparts and light spotting below; eyes usually light.

Similar Species

Spangled Cotinga is similar but male has black wing scalloping and female has dark eyes.

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

Behaviour

Usually sits motionless high in the canopy.

Breeding

Male display flights have been described, but its nest is unknown.

Diet

Fruit, especially mistletoe, usually taken while fluttering.

Vocalisation

None known. Males make a twittering noise with their wings.

Movements

Resident

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotinga maynana), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/pltcot1
3. Snow, D. (2019). Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotinga maynana). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/57035 on 12 July 2019).
4. Schulenberg, T. S. & Stotz, D. F. & Lane, D. F. & O'Neill, J. P. & Parker III, T. A. & Egg, A. B. (2010). Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691130231

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Plum-throated Cotinga. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Plum-throated_Cotinga

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