Capuchinbird
Perissocephalus tricolor(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Capuchinbird
The Capuchinbird (Perissocephalus tricolor) 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: eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northeastern Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Perissocephalus tricolor
- Family
- Cotingidae (Cotingas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Capuchinbird
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Corvus tricolor
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.85
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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