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The plum-throated cotinga is 19 to 20.5 cm (7.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs about 70 g (2.5 oz). The sexes are dramatically dimorphic. Adult males are mostly shiny turquoise-blue. Their throat has the eponymous plum-purple patch. Their remiges are black with a large white patch on the underside and wide blue edges toward the end; the wings appear mostly blue when folded. Their rectrices are blackish with wide blue edges and like the wings, the tail appears blue when folded. Their underparts have scattered purple patches and blackish undertail coverts.
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When to see the Plum-throated Cotinga
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Plum-throated Cotinga
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Plum-throated Cotinga
The plum-throated cotinga is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Blue CotingaCotinga nattereriiThe blue cotinga is a plump, dove-like bird with a small head.
Turquoise CotingaCotinga ridgwayiThe turquoise cotinga is 17 to 18.5 cm (6.7 to 7.3 in) long and weighs about 51 to 66 g (1.8 to 2.3 oz).
Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilisThe lovely cotinga is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 66 to 75 g (2.3 to 2.6 oz).
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