Purple-throated Cotinga
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema(Deville, É; Sclater, PL, 1852)
English (US) Purple-throated Cotinga
The Purple-throated Cotinga (Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema) 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: tropical southeastern Colombia to southeastern Peru and western Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
- Family
- Cotingidae (Cotingas)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple-throated Cotinga
- Described by
- (Deville, É; Sclater, PL, 1852)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cotinga porphyrolaema
- Described by
- (Deville, É; Sclater, PL, 1852)
- Type locality
- Sarayacu, Rio Ucayali, Peru.
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée ser.2, vol.4 p.226
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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