Order: Passeriformes | Family: Cotingidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult \ Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult \ Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult \ Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult \ Sex: Unknown | Loc. Abra Patricia, Amazonas
Status: The Chestnut-crested Cotinga is generally rare in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1700-2800 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Cotinga de Cresta Castaña.
Sub-species: Chestnut-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla), (Tschudi), 1844.
Meaning of Name: Ampelion: Gr.ampelion, ampelionos: unknown small bird, mentioned by Dionysius. L. ampelion, ampelionis= unknown bird, variously identified. rufaxilla: L. rufus= rufous and axilla= armpit.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.