Family
Cotingas
Cotingidae
65 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The cotingas are a large family, Cotingidae, of suboscine passerine birds found in Central America and tropical South America. Cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges, that are primary frugivorous. They all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs.
Species in this family
- Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus
- Chestnut-crested Cotinga Ampelion rufaxilla
- Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae
- Black-tipped Cotinga Carpodectes hopkei
- Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus
- Hooded Berryeater Carpornis cucullata
- Black-headed Berryeater Carpornis melanocephala
- Bare-necked Umbrellabird Cephalopterus glabricollis
- Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus
- Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger
- Black-faced Cotinga Conioptilon mcilhennyi
- Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis
- Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
- Purple-breasted Cotinga Cotinga cotinga
- Banded Cotinga Cotinga maculata
- Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana
- Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii
- Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi
- Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni
- Bay-vented Cotinga Doliornis sclateri
- Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
- Crimson Fruitcrow Haematoderus militaris
- Black-and-gold Cotinga Lipaugus ater
- Grey-winged Cotinga Lipaugus conditus
- Dusky Piha Lipaugus fuscocinereus
- Cinnamon-vented Piha Lipaugus lanioides
- Rose-collared Piha Lipaugus streptophorus
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Scimitar-winged Piha Lipaugus uropygialis
- Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
- Chestnut-capped Piha Lipaugus weberi
- Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor
- Swallow-tailed Cotinga Phibalura flavirostris
- Guianan Red-Cotinga Phoenicircus carnifex
- Black-necked Red-Cotinga Phoenicircus nigricollis
- Peruvian Plantcutter Phytotoma raimondii
- Rufous-tailed Plantcutter Phytotoma rara
- White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila
- Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
- Golden-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola aureopectus
- Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota
- Handsome Fruiteater Pipreola formosa
- Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis
- Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia
- Orange-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola jucunda
- Black-chested Fruiteater Pipreola lubomirskii
- Masked Fruiteater Pipreola pulchra
- Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
- Red-banded Fruiteater Pipreola whitelyi
- Purple-throated Cotinga Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
- White Bellbird Procnias albus
- Bearded Bellbird Procnias averano
- Bare-throated Bellbird Procnias nudicollis
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus
- Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola
- Olivaceous Piha Snowornis cryptolophus
- Grey-tailed Piha Snowornis subalaris
- White-winged Cotinga Xipholena atropurpurea
- White-tailed Cotinga Xipholena lamellipennis
- Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea
- White-cheeked Cotinga Zaratornis stresemanni
Lookalikes compared
- Band-tailed Fruiteater vs Golden-breasted Fruiteater
- Bare-necked Umbrellabird vs Capuchinbird
- Capuchinbird vs Plum-throated Cotinga
- Chestnut-capped Piha vs Dusky Piha
- Hooded Berryeater vs Black-headed Berryeater
- Lovely Cotinga vs Three-wattled Bellbird
- Lovely Cotinga vs Turquoise Cotinga
- Plum-throated Cotinga vs Purple-breasted Cotinga
- Plum-throated Cotinga vs Spangled Cotinga
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow vs Bare-necked Umbrellabird
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow vs Lovely Cotinga
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow vs Bare-throated Bellbird
- Screaming Piha vs Cinnamon-vented Piha
- Turquoise Cotinga vs Blue Cotinga
- White Bellbird vs Bare-throated Bellbird
- White-tipped Plantcutter vs Swallow-tailed Cotinga