Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae (Cotingas)  
Genus: Cotinga (3 species, 7 worldwide)



Spangled Cotinga
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana) Male
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
  Note dark eye and wing bars compared to Plum-throated Cotinga.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Spangled Cotinga
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana) Female
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Captive bird shown different coloration, perhaps because not in sunlight.

Plum-throated Cotinga
Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotinga maynana) Male
Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Brayan Coral Jaramillo   © All Rights Reserved.

Plum-throated Cotinga
Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotinga maynana) Female
Peru  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.


Blue Cotinga
Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) Male
Canopy Tower, Panama  
   
Photograph by Jenn Sinasac   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue Cotinga
Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) Female
Soberania National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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