Guianan Red Cotinga
Phoenicircus carnifex(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Guianan Red Cotinga
The Guianan Red Cotinga (Phoenicircus carnifex) 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: far southern Venezuela to the Guianas and lower Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phoenicircus carnifex
- Family
- Cotingidae (Cotingas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Guianan Red Cotinga
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- [Lanius] carnifex
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Surinam.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.94
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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