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Spangled Cotinga

Cotinga cayana

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCup nestMedium · 62 g
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 1
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 2
Photo: Schristia · CC BY 2.0
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 3
Photo: Seig · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 4
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Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 5
Photo: Paul Prior · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 6
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 7
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 8
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 9
Photo: Schristia · CC BY 2.0
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana), photo 10
Photo: Kathy Richardson · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The species is sexually dimorphic with the male being a bright turquoise-blue with a large deep wine-red throat and black to the wings, tail and back. The female is overall dull brownish-gray with darker wings and faint mottling below.

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When to see the Spangled Cotinga

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spangled Cotinga

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Ecuador Colombia Peru Guyana Venezuela Suriname French Guiana Bolivia

About the Spangled Cotinga

The spangled cotinga is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in the canopy of the Amazon rainforest in South America.

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Easily confused with

Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) Blue CotingaCotinga nattereriiThe blue cotinga is a plump, dove-like bird with a small head. Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotinga maynana) Plum-throated CotingaCotinga maynanaThe plum-throated cotinga is 19 to 20.5 cm (7.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs about 70 g (2.5 oz). Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) 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).

Side by side: Blue Cotinga vs Spangled Cotinga · Plum-throated Cotinga vs Spangled Cotinga · Spangled Cotinga vs Turquoise Cotinga

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