Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae (Cotingas)  
Genus: Phoenicircus (1 species, 2 worldwide)


Black-necked Red Cotinga
Black-necked Red Cotinga (Phoenicircus nigricollis) Male
Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Brayan Coral Jaramillo   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to the Guianan Red Cotinga, once considered the same species. Canopy species. Female is red with olive back.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba