#cotingidae

[herpsandbirds]

Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus), EAT A TASTY FRUIT!!!, family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, Colombia

photograph by Juan Jacobo Castillo

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Griffember day 1 (#82) - Pompadour cotinga (LC) [male]

This cotinga possesses six carotenoid pigments that seem to be entirely unique to them. The way these are produced is apparently also unique in birds! They gives the males a very distinct colour, quite unlike any other bird, even without using structural colour at all.

Rather rushed and messy today, but I didn't want to work on it more, so lets just hope the other ones will be better lol. Joining in the December griffins that @ains-art is doing!

[elkteeths]

[best-bird-tournament]

Cotinga (Cotingidae) family - round 2

Which is the best bird?

Guianan cock-of-the-rock

Three-wattled bellbird

Voting ended onDec 27, 2025

[birdstudies]

October 26, 2025 - Black-chested Fruiteater (Pipreola lubomirskii) Found in parts of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, these fruiteaters live in mountain forests. They eat fruit, though the details of their diet are unknown, foraging alone or in pairs. Their breeding behavior has not been described. Though they are classified as a species of Least Concern by the IUCN, their population is thought to be declining due to habitat loss.

[deadbirdsdaily]

Prep No.KHE97

Spangled Cotinga

Cotinga cayana

Above: with flash

Below: without flash

Another with and without flash comparison:

[snototter]

An Andean cock of the rock (Rupicola peruvianus) in Ecuador

by Thelma Gátuzzô

[all-bird-creechur]

Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The red-crested cotinga feeds mostly on fruits and occasionally includes some insects in its diet. It forages singly, in pairs, or in small groups. It usually plucks fruit with short sallies from a perch and less often while perched. It takes insects in mid-air.

image by Dan Jones