Cotinga cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) is a animal in the Cotingidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cotinga cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)

Cotinga cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)

Cotinga cayana, the spangled cotinga, is a sexually dimorphic bird found across the Amazon Basin and not considered threatened.

Family
Genus
Cotinga
Order
Passeriformes
Class
Aves

About Cotinga cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)

This species, Cotinga cayana, is sexually dimorphic. Males are bright turquoise-blue, with a large deep wine-red throat, and black wings, tail, and back. Females are overall dull brownish-gray, with darker wings and faint mottling on their underparts. The spangled cotinga occurs across the entire Amazon Basin. It is not assessed as threatened, due to its broad geographic distribution.

Photo: (c) Jéssica Martins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Jéssica Martins · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Passeriformes Cotingidae Cotinga

More from Cotingidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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