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Cotinga Amabilis Museum De Genève
The cotingas are a large family, Cotingidae, of Tyranni, suboscine passerine birds found in Central America and tropical South America. Cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges, that are primary frugivorous. They all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. They range in size from of the fiery-throated fruiteater (''Pipreola chlorolepidota'') up to of the Amazonian umbrellabird (''Cephalopterus ornatus''). Description Cotingas vary widely in social structure. There is a roughly 50/50 divide in the family between species with biparental care, and those in which the males play no part in raising the young. The purple-throated fruitcrow lives in mixed-sex groups in which one female lays an egg and the others help provide insects to the chick. In cotinga species where only the females care for the eggs and young, the males have striking courtship displays, often grouped together in Lek (mating arena), leks. Such sexual selection results in the males ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spangled Cotinga
The spangled cotinga (''Cotinga cayana'') is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in the Canopy (biology), canopy of the Amazon Rainforest in South America. Because of their bright, beautiful colours, cotingas have been hunted by native and colonial peoples for their feathers, as well as for food. The feathers of some species are used in making fishing flies and lures. The beauty of these birds draws birdwatchers from around the world and so may add to the local tourist economy. Taxonomy In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the spangled cotinga in his ''Ornithologie'' based on a specimen collected in Cayenne in French Guiana. He used the French name ''Le cotinga de Cayenne'' and the Latin ''Cotinga Cayanensis''. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial nomenclature, binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotinga (genus)
''Cotinga'' is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cotinga family, Cotingidae. It contains seven species that are found in tropical rainforest in South America, South and Central America from southern Mexico to south-east Brazil. They feed mainly on fruit and forage high in trees. They are long. The males have highly colourful plumage; bright blue with areas of purple. The blue colour is produced by air bubbles in the feathers which scatter light. Females are much duller than males and are mainly brown, often with pale feather edges giving them a scaled or speckled appearance. The wings of the males make a whistling or rattling noise in flight. Deforestation is a threat to several members of this genus. The turquoise cotinga is classed as vulnerable species, Vulnerable by the IUCN and the banded cotinga is considered to be endangered species, Endangered. Taxonomy The genus ''Cotinga'' was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The type sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cock-of-the-rock
The cocks-of-the-rock, which compose the genus ''Rupicola'', are large cotingid birds native to South America. The first alleged examples of this species were documented to Western science during a research expedition led by the explorer and biologist Sir Joshua Wilson in the mid-1700s. They are found in tropical and subtropical rainforests close to rocky areas, where they build their nests. The genus is composed of only two known extant species: the Andean cock-of-the-rock and the smaller Guianan cock-of-the-rock. The Andean cock-of-the-rock is the national bird of Peru. Both known species exhibit sexual dimorphism: the males are bright orange or red with a prominent fan-shaped crests. Like some other cotingids, they have a complex courtship behavior, performing lek displays. The females are overall brownish with hints of the bright colors of the males. Females build nests on rocky cliffs or large boulders, and raise the young on their own. They usually lay two or three eggs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenicircus
''Phoenicircus'' is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. They have a bright red breast, crown, tail, and rump with the Guianan species having dark brown wings and the black-necked species having black wings. They are frugivores, eating primarily berries and drupes. Taxonomy The genus ''Phoenicircus'' was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson. The type species was designated as the Guianan red cotinga by George Robert Gray in 1840. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''phoinikeos'' meaning "crimson" or "dark red" with ''kerkos'' meaning "tail". The genus contains the following two species: References Phoenicircus, Bird genera Birds of the Amazon rainforest, Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by William Swainson {{Cotingidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpornis
''Carpornis'', the berryeaters, is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. These primarily frugivorous birds are endemic to the southern half of the Atlantic forest (eastern Brazil). The genus contains two species. Both species are mainly greenish-yellow with a black hood. The genus is sister to the genus ''Snowornis ''Snowornis'' is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. The species were formerly included in the genus ''Lipaugus'', The genus ''Snowornis'' was introduced in 2001 by Richard Prum with the grey-tailed piha as the type species. The name was ...'' that contains two pihas. References Birds of the Atlantic Forest Endemic birds of Brazil Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by George Robert Gray {{Cotingidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowornis
''Snowornis'' is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. The species were formerly included in the genus ''Lipaugus'', The genus ''Snowornis'' was introduced in 2001 by Richard Prum with the grey-tailed piha as the type species. The name was chosen to honour the ornithologist David Snow (ornithologist), David W. Snow. His name is combined with the Ancient Greek ''ornis'' meaning "bird". The genus is sister taxon, sister to the genus ''Carpornis '' which contains the two berryeaters. The genus contains two species. References Snowornis, Bird genera Birds of the Colombian Andes, Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes, Birds of the Peruvian Andes, Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cotingidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pipreola
''Pipreola'' is a genus of bird in the family Cotingidae. Together with ''Ampelioides tschudii'', they are collectively known as fruiteaters. All are restricted to humid montane or foothill forest in western or northern South America. They are thickset birds with predominantly greenish upperparts. Males of most species have black heads and/or reddish, orange or yellow to the throat, chest or belly. Taxonomy The genus ''Pipreola '' was introduced in 1838 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate a single species, the fiery-throated fruiteater. The genus name is a Latin diminutive of the genus ''Pipra'' that was introduced in 1764 by Carl Linnaeus. The genus now contains 11 species: References * Fitzpatrick, J. W., and Hosner, P. A. (2004). Fruiteaters (Pipreola). pp. 80–84 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Christie, D. A. eds. (2004). ''Handbook of the Birds of the World.'' Vol. 9. Cotingas to Wagtails. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Pipreola, Cotin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ampelioides
The scaled fruiteater (''Ampelioides tschudii'') is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is the only member of the genus Ampelioides.''IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Ampelioides tschudii''. (2016, October 1). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22700815/110780381. This bird is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is the high elevation tropical forests of the Andes mountains. The Scaled Fruiteater is a chunky, short-tailed, flat-headed bird measuring 19–20 cm in length. It uses its green scaled feather pattern to blend in with the dense vegetation of the South American rainforest. Physical characteristics The scaled fruiteater is characterized by its olive-green plumage with fine scaling on the chest and belly. The Scaled Fruiteater has a short and sharp beak, specialized for eating fruits, seeds, and insects. Males have an all-black head, display a more vibrant green colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suboscine
The Tyranni (suboscines) are a suborder of passerine birds that includes more than 1,000 species, a large majority of which are South American. It is named after the type genus '' Tyrannus''. These have a different anatomy of the syrinx musculature than the oscines (songbirds of the larger suborder Passeri), hence the common name of ''suboscines''. The suboscines originated in South America about 50 million years ago and dispersed into the Old World likely via a trans-Atlantic route during the Oligocene. Their presence in the early Oligocene of Europe is well documented by several fossil specimens. Systematics The suborder Tyranni is divided into two infraorders: the Eurylaimides and the Tyrannides. The New Zealand wrens in the family Acanthisittidae are placed in a separate suborder Acanthisitti. The phylogenetic relationships of the 16 families in the Tyranni suborder is shown below. The cladogram is based on a large molecular genetic study by Carl Oliveros and collaborator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monophyletic
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population), i.e. excludes non-descendants of that common ancestor # the grouping contains all the descendants of that common ancestor, without exception Monophyly is contrasted with paraphyly and polyphyly as shown in the second diagram. A ''paraphyletic'' grouping meets 1. but not 2., thus consisting of the descendants of a common ancestor, excepting one or more monophyletic subgroups. A '' polyphyletic'' grouping meets neither criterion, and instead serves to characterize convergent relationships of biological features rather than genetic relationships – for example, night-active primates, fruit trees, or aquatic insects. As such, these characteristic features of a polyphyletic grouping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Prum
Richard O. Prum (born 1961) is an evolutionary biologist and ornithologist. He is the William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, as well as the head curator of vertebrate zoology at the university's Peabody Museum of Natural History. His 2017 book '' The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—and Us'' was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2017 by The New York Times and was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Life and work Prum describes himself as "an evolutionary ornithologist with broad interests in diverse topics, including phylogenetics, behavior, feathers, structural coloration, evolution and development, sexual selection, and historical biogeography." Prum grew up in rural Vermont. He received his bachelor's degree at Harvard University in 1983 and completed his doctorate at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1989. He th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
