Turquoise Cotinga
Cotinga ridgwayiRidgway, R, 1887
English (US) Turquoise Cotinga
The Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) 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: Pacific slope of southwestern Costa Rica to western Panama (western ChiriquÃ)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cotinga ridgwayi
- Family
- Cotingidae (Cotingas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Turquoise Cotinga
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1887
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1887
- Type locality
- part, Pozo Azul, Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 10, no.599 p.1 pl.6 fig.3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Xipholena lamellipennis
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Yellow-billed Cotinga
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Snowy Cotinga
Carpodectes nitidus
Lovely Cotinga
Cotinga amabilis
Blue Cotinga
Cotinga nattererii
Plum-throated Cotinga
Cotinga maynana
Purple-breasted Cotinga
Cotinga cotinga
Banded Cotinga
Cotinga maculata
Spangled Cotinga
Cotinga cayana
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Procnias tricarunculatus
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