Purple-breasted cotinga

Purple-breasted cotinga
Specimens of purple-breasted cotinga (center) and banded cotinga (right) at Museum Wiesbaden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Cotinga
Species: C. cotinga
Binomial name
Cotinga cotinga
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Ampelis cotinga Linnaeus, 1766

The purple-breasted cotinga (Cotinga cotinga) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Cotinga cotinga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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