Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicFruit

ForestCup nestMedium · 60 g

Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri), photo 1 — Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0

Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri), photo 2 — Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0

Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri), photo 3 — Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0

Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri), photo 4 — Photo: Martin Vallejos · CC BY 4.0

Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri), photo 5 — Photo: (c) RJ Baltierra, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Martin Vallejos, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri), photo 7 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Bay-vented Cotinga (Doliornis sclateri), photo 8 — Photo: (c) RJ Baltierra, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The bay-vented cotinga is 20 to 21.5 cm (7.9 to 8.5 in) long and weighs 53 to 69 g (1.9 to 2.4 oz). The sexes have similar plumage. Adult males have a glossy black crown with a partially hidden reddish chestnut crest in the middle. Their upper back is dark grayish that becomes browner on the rump and tail. Their wings are grayish brown. Their face and throat are a paler gray than their upperparts. Their breast and belly are brown; in unworn plumage their breast has buff bars. Their undertail coverts are rufous chestnut. Voice: The bay-vented cotinga's most common vocalization, which may be either a call or song, is "a mewing, rising rhee or rhee-ah" that is rather loud and scratchy.

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When to see the Bay-vented Cotinga

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Where to see the Bay-vented Cotinga

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru

About the Bay-vented Cotinga

The bay-vented cotinga is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is endemic to Peru.

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Easily confused with

Chestnut-bellied CotingaDoliornis remseniThe chestnut-bellied cotinga is about 21 to 21.5 cm (8.3 to 8.5 in) long and weighs 58 to 72 g (2.0 to 2.5 oz).

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