Black-faced cotinga
| Black-faced cotinga | |
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| at Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Conioptilon Lowery & O'Neill, 1966 |
| Species: | C. mcilhennyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Conioptilon mcilhennyi Lowery & O'Neill, 1966
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The black-faced cotinga (Conioptilon mcilhennyi) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is the only member of the genus Conioptilon.
It is mainly found in the Amazon Basin of eastern Peru as well as in adjacent border areas of western Brazil and northwestern Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Geographic distribution
Foiund in the Madre de Dios and Balta in South Ucayali, the rio Caimisea, Cuzco, and in rios Tejo and Juruá in western Brazil.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Conioptilon mcilhennyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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