White-tailed Cotinga

Xipholena lamellipennis

Astonishingly beautiful cotinga. Males are glossy black with white wings and tail. Females are gray with a lightly mottled breast and white edges to the flight feathers. Note the white eyes in both sexes. Occurs in humid forest, where it is usually detected perched high in the canopy or in fruiting trees at the forest edge. The call is a loud “purp.” The female is very difficult to separate from female Pompadour Cotinga, but ranges do not overlap.

Taxonomy

Scientific name
Xipholena lamellipennis
Authority
(Lafresnaye, 1839)
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cotingidae
Genus
Xipholena

Range and habitat

Migration
Resident species

Conservation

Population trend
declining

Photos

Distribution

Bird Calls

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