Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 15, 2013
Text last updated February 15, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | cotinga amable |
Dutch | Azuurcotinga |
English | Lovely Cotinga |
English (United States) | Lovely Cotinga |
French | Cotinga céleste |
French (France) | Cotinga céleste |
German | Azurkotinga |
Icelandic | Bláskarti |
Japanese | メキシコルリカザリドリ |
Norwegian | edelkotinga |
Polish | bławatnik meksykański |
Russian | Лазурная котинга |
Serbian | Ljupka kotinga |
Slovak | kotinga pôvabná |
Spanish | Cotinga Azulejo |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Cotinga Linda |
Spanish (Honduras) | Cotinga Azul Bella |
Spanish (Mexico) | Cotinga Azuleja |
Spanish (Panama) | Cotinga Linda |
Spanish (Spain) | Cotinga azulejo |
Swedish | praktkotinga |
Turkish | Gökçe Kotinga |
Ukrainian | Котинга мексиканська |
Cotinga amabilis Gould, 1857
PROTONYM:
Cotinga amabilis
Gould, 1857. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 25, no.330, p.64 pl.123.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Guatemala; restricted to Verapaz (J. T. Z.).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COTINGA
- cotinga
- amabile / amabilis
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Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Introduction
Lovely Cotinga populations are threatened in Mexico. Because these birds are quiet and silent, and prefer the higher strata of the forest, little is known about their behavior, social organization and reproductive traits. During flight, the male Lovely Cotinga produces a slight rattle with the wings. These sounds are much more frequent during the reproductive season. Cotingas are important seed dispersers in forests, as these birds consume the entire fruits and then regurgitate the seeds intact at sites away from the mother plant.