Purple-throated Cotinga - BirdForum Opus

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Male
Photo © by rhenry
Sucusari River, Northeastern Peru, 26 March 2013

Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema

Identification

19 cm – 7 ½ inches

Male

• Noticeable beak, arched on top
• Upper body, wings, and tail are dark
• Purple on the throat

Female

• Dark, but a dark shade of brown
• Feathers on tail more prominent than the male with some pointing

Juvenile

• Resembles a lighter version of the female

Distribution

Tropical southeastern Colombia to southeastern Peru and western Amazonian Brazil

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

Taxonomy

It is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Snow, D. and A. Bonan (2020). Purple-throated Cotinga (Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.putcot1.01
3. Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/0B8453B7]. Retrieved 9 July 2021

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Purple-throated Cotinga. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Purple-throated_Cotinga

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