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[[Image:Amazonian_Umbrellabird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|mmdnje|mmdnje}}<br /> Bomcuscaro, [[Podocarpus National Park]], [[Ecuador]], ]]
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[[Image:Amazonian-Umbrellabird Peru06 0002.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Leif+G|Leif G}}<br /> Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park, [[Peru]], October 2006]]
 
;[[:Category:Cephalopterus|Cephalopterus]] ornatus
 
;[[:Category:Cephalopterus|Cephalopterus]] ornatus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Male 48–51 cm; female 41–43 cm<br >
 
Large, all-black cotinga with heavy bill, pale eye, and crest.
 
Large, all-black cotinga with heavy bill, pale eye, and crest.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[South America]]: found from southern [[Venezuela]] to [[Guyana]], northern [[Bolivia]] and Amazonian [[Brazil]]
 
[[South America]]: found from southern [[Venezuela]] to [[Guyana]], northern [[Bolivia]] and Amazonian [[Brazil]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Monotypic<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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[[Image:Amazonian UmbrellabirdSJ.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Podocarpus National Park, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, [[Ecuador]], November 2014]]
 
In [[Peru]], uncommon in humid montane forest on east slope of Andes, 600-1650m. <br />
 
In [[Peru]], uncommon in humid montane forest on east slope of Andes, 600-1650m. <br />
 
Also locally in Amazonia, where apparently confined to floodplains of large rivers and forested river islands.
 
Also locally in Amazonia, where apparently confined to floodplains of large rivers and forested river islands.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
====Diet====
 
====Diet====
The diet includes berries and palm fruits and nuts.
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The diet includes berries, palm fruits nuts and large insects. They will also eat lizards occasionally.
[[Image:Amazonian_Umbrellabird_imm.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Immature male<br /> Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br />Date: 2008-08-02 <br />Location: along Manu Road, below [[Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge]] (1050m), [[Peru]]]]
 
 
====Breeding====
 
====Breeding====
It builds a platform nest from loose twigs. 1 khaki with brownish spotting and stippling, egg is laid.
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They construct a platform nest from loose twigs. The single egg is beige with brownish spotting and stippling.
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==Gallery==
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Click on photo for larger image
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<gallery>
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Image:Amazonian_Umbrellabird_imm.jpg|Immature male<br /> Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}}<br />along Manu Road, below [[Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge]] (1050m), [[Peru]], August 2008
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</gallery>
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Answers.com
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)
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#Answers.com
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Cephalopterus+ornatus}}
 
{{GSearch|Cephalopterus+ornatus}}
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Cephalopterus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Cephalopterus]]

Revision as of 21:44, 10 April 2015

Male
Photo by Leif G
Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park, Peru, October 2006
Cephalopterus ornatus

Identification

Male 48–51 cm; female 41–43 cm
Large, all-black cotinga with heavy bill, pale eye, and crest.

Distribution

South America: found from southern Venezuela to Guyana, northern Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Juvenile
Photo by Stanley Jones
Podocarpus National Park, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, November 2014

In Peru, uncommon in humid montane forest on east slope of Andes, 600-1650m.
Also locally in Amazonia, where apparently confined to floodplains of large rivers and forested river islands.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes berries, palm fruits nuts and large insects. They will also eat lizards occasionally.

Breeding

They construct a platform nest from loose twigs. The single egg is beige with brownish spotting and stippling.

Gallery

Click on photo for larger image

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)
  3. Answers.com

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