Peruvian Plantcutter (Phytotoma raimondii)

Family
Cotingidae (Cotingas)

Size
18.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Taczanowski, 1883

Habitat
Desert scrub, riparian thicket and low woodland, usually dominated by Prosopis trees, with some Acacia. From sea-level - 550 m.

Range (Guide)

Peru (B).

Coastal north-western Peru (Tumbes very locally south to La Libertad).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 500 - 1,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Leaves of Prosopis and shrubs, and fruit.

Voice
Reported similar to White-tipped Plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila), raspy and mechanical-sounding 'wree wree-wree'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Peruvian Plantcutter (Phytotoma raimondii) [XC42960]
by Andrew Spencer from Rafan, Lambayeque, Peru (call)

Peruvian Plantcutter (Phytotoma raimondii) [XC297095]
by id from Bosques del P\u00f3mac, Ferre\u00f1afe, Lambayeque, Peru (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus formerly treated as constituting a separate family of uncertain affinities or, sometimes, as a subfamily within Tyrannidae. However, more recent genetic data indicate close relationship, possibly as sister-group, to a cotingid clade formed by the genera Ampelion, Doliornis and Zaratornis. Forms superspecies with White-tipped Plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila).

References
See References.

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