Amazonian Umbrellabird - BirdForum Opus

Cephalopterus ornatus

Photo by mmdnje
Bomcuscaro, Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador

Immature male
Photo credit: Peter R. Bono
Date: 2008-08-02
Location: along Manu Road, below Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge (1050m), Peru

Identification

Large, all-black cotinga with heavy bill, pale eye, and crest.

Distribution

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia

Taxonomy

Monotypic.

Habitat

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

The diet includes berries and palm fruits and nuts.

It builds a platform nest from loose twigs. 1 khaki with brownish spotting and stippling, egg is laid.

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