Cotingidae

E182602

bird family taxon

Cotingidae is a family of passerine birds from Central and South America known for their often bright plumage, elaborate courtship displays, and diverse vocalizations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cotingidae canonical	3
Cotingioidea	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bird family ⓘ taxon ⓘ
characteristic	bright plumage ⓘ diverse vocalizations ⓘ elaborate courtship displays ⓘ sexually dimorphic plumage in many species ⓘ
class	Aves ⓘ
commonName	cotingas ⓘ
diet	frugivorous ⓘ insectivorous ⓘ
distribution	Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ
ecologicalRole	seed disperser ⓘ
habitat	forest canopy ⓘ forest edges ⓘ subtropical forest ⓘ tropical forest ⓘ
infraorder	Tyranni ⓘ surface form: Tyrannides
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
morphology	broad-based bills in many species ⓘ strong feet adapted to perching ⓘ
nativeTo	Neotropical realm ⓘ surface form: Neotropics
notableSpecies	Carpodectes nitidus ⓘ surface form: Carpodectes antoniae Carpodectes nitidus ⓘ surface form: Carpodectes hopkei Carpodectes nitidus ⓘ Cephalopterus ornatus ⓘ surface form: Cephalopterus glabricollis Cephalopterus ornatus ⓘ Cephalopterus ornatus ⓘ surface form: Cephalopterus penduliger Cotinga amabilis ⓘ Cotinga cayana ⓘ Cotinga maynana ⓘ Cotinga nattererii ⓘ Procnias alba ⓘ Procnias alba ⓘ surface form: Procnias averano Procnias nudicollis ⓘ Procnias tricarunculatus ⓘ Rupicola peruvianus ⓘ Rupicola rupicola ⓘ Xipholena punicea ⓘ surface form: Xipholena atropurpurea Xipholena lamellipennis ⓘ Xipholena punicea ⓘ
order	Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
recognizedBy	American Ornithologists' Union ⓘ surface form: American Ornithological Society International Ornithologists' Union ⓘ surface form: International Ornithologists Union
reproduction	elaborate male display behavior ⓘ lekking in some species ⓘ
suborder	Tyranni ⓘ
superfamily	Cotingidae self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cotingioidea
taxonRank	family ⓘ
vocalization	complex songs in some species ⓘ loud calls in many species ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aves → hasSubgroup → Cotingidae ⓘ

Tyrannoidea → includes → Cotingidae ⓘ

Cotingidae → superfamily → Cotingidae self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cotingioidea

Suboscines → includesFamily → Cotingidae ⓘ