Biology:Black-faced cotinga

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Short description: Species of bird

Black-faced cotinga
Conioptilon mcilhennyi - Black-faced cotinga.jpg
at Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Conioptilon
Lowery & O'Neill, 1966
Species:
C. mcilhennyi
Binomial name
Conioptilon mcilhennyi
Lowery & O'Neill, 1966
Conioptilon mcilhennyi map.svg

The black-faced cotinga (Conioptilon mcilhennyi) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is the only member of the genus Conioptilon.

It is mainly found in the Amazon Basin of eastern Peru as well as in adjacent border areas of western Brazil and northwestern Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Geographic distribution

They are found in the Madre de Dios and Balta in South Ucayali, the Caimisea river, Cuzco, and the Tejo and Juruá Rivers in western Brazil.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1302453 entry