Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii)

Other Names (World)
Blue Cotinga, Natterer's Cotinga

Family
Cotingidae (Cotingas)

Size
18 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boissonneau, 1840)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 300 m, occasionally up to 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela.

Panama (eastern from western Colón), Colombia (Pacific lowlands and east to middle Magdalena Valley), extreme western Venezuela (north-western Táchira, M�rida) and north-western Ecuador (Esmeraldas).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) [XC742758]
by Leslie Lieurance from Parque Nacional Natural Utr\u00eda, Choco, Colombia (song)

Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) [XC106009]
by Leslie Lieurance from El Frente, Los Altos de Cerro Azul, Panama (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Lovely Cotinga (Cotinga amabilis), Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi), Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotinga maynana), Purple-breasted Cotinga (Cotinga cotinga) and Banded Cotinga (Cotinga maculata), and all sometimes treated as conspecific.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) - 10 files

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