Pompadour Cotinga
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| Pompadour Cotinga | |
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| Male at Miami MetroZoo, Florida, USA | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Xipholena |
| Species: | X. punicea |
| Binomial name | |
| Xipholena punicea (Pallas, 1764) |
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The Pompadour Cotinga (Xipholena punicea) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2009. Xipholena punicea. 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2009.
[edit] Further reading
- Snow, D.W. (1971). "Display of the Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea." Ibis 113(1):102-104
[edit] External links
- Pompadour Cotinga videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Colombia, Guyana) with RangeMap
- Stamp (Paraguayan bird stamps-(by Genus-species)); Article
- Photo-High Res
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