Purple-breasted cotinga

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Purple-breasted cotinga
Cotinga cotinga Purple-breasted Cotinga (male); Amazonia National Park, Itaituba, Para, Brazil (cropped).jpg
Purple-breasted cotinga (male)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Cotinga
Species:
C. cotinga
Binomial name
Cotinga cotinga
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Cotinga cotinga map.svg
Synonyms

Ampelis cotingaLinnaeus, 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.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Cotinga cotinga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22700883A110781650. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22700883A110781650.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.