Chestnut-crested Cotinga
Ampelion rufaxilla(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Chestnut-crested Cotinga
The Chestnut-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rufaxilla) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ampelion rufaxilla
- Family
- Cotingidae (Cotingas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-crested Cotinga
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ampelion rufaxilla antioquiae
- Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- A[mpelis] rufaxilla
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- Peru; Vitoc Valley, Junin, proposed by Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 99 for this form as republished by Tschudi, 1846, Unters. Faun. Peru., Aves, p. 137, under the name Ampelion rufaxilla; this restriction hereby adopted for the original citation (J. T. Z.).
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.270
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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