Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi)

Other Names (World)
Turquoise Cotinga, Ridgway's Cotinga

Family
Cotingidae (Cotingas)

Size
17.50 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Ridgway, 1887

Habitat
Canopy and borders of humid forest, secondary growth, and tall trees in shade coffee plantations. From 1,200 - 1,600 m, occasionally down to 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica (B) (NB), Panama (B) (NB).

Pacific slope of Costa Rica (southern from Gulf of Nicoya) and western Panama (south to Chiriquí).

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction due to conversion to agriculture is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Mostly silent. Males produce wing slurrings and females raucous shrieks.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) [XC438104]
by Oscar Herrera from Esquipulas, Quepos. Puntarenas, Costa Rica (?)

Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) [XC113309]
by Andr\u00e9s Espinoza Fonseca from Corcovado National Park, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call, flight call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Lovely Cotinga (Cotinga amabilis), Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii), 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:

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