Birds of the World

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Genus: Cephalopterus (3 species)


Bare-necked Umbrellabird
Bare-necked Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) Endangered
Range: MA: Costa Rica, Panama
Rainforest Adventures, Ruta 32, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Amazonian Umbrellabird
Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus) Male
Range: SA: w, c Amazonia
Manu National Park, Peru   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Amazonian Umbrellabird
Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus) Female
Range: SA: w, c Amazonia
Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Reasonably common. The short wattle is not as impressive as the Long-wattled Umbrellabird of the Pacific coast.


Long-wattled Umbrellabird
Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) Male Vulnerable
Range: SA: Colombia, Ecuador
El Oro, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.
Large and unmistakable. The female has less of an umbrella and no wattle.
Additional photo.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba