Red-crested Cotinga
Ampelion rubrocristatus(d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
English (US) Red-crested Cotinga
The Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cotingidae (Cotingas) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela and western BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ampelion rubrocristatus
- Family
- Cotingidae (Cotingas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-crested Cotinga
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- A[mpelis] rubro-cristata
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1837)
- Type locality
- Ayupaya [= Ayopayo] , Yungas, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 7 cl.2 p.39
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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