Black-necked red cotinga
The black-necked red cotinga is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy and systematics
The black-necked red cotinga shares genus Phoenicircus with the Guianan red cotinga and the two form a superspecies.Both are monotypic.
Description
The black-necked red cotinga is long and weighs about. The sexes have different plumage. Adults have distinctive forehead feathers that project forward, partially concealing the nostrils, and prominent bristles around the base of the bill. Adult males have a red to rosy red crown on an otherwise glossy blackish head and neck. Their back is also glossy blackish and their rump and uppertail coverts red to rosy red. Their wings are glossy blackish. Their tail is red to rosy red with a black bar across the end. Their underparts are red to rosy red. Females are larger than males. They have a dull reddish crown and ear coverts on an otherwise olive face; their upperparts and wings are also olive. Their tail is dull reddish. Their underparts are red. Both sexes have a dark brown iris, a yellow-ochre bill, and pinkish red legs and feet. Immature males resemble adult females with deeper red underparts.Distribution and habitat
The black-necked red cotinga is a bird of the western and central Amazon Basin. It is found from the southeastern third of Colombia south through eastern Ecuador into northeastern Peru as far as eastern San Martín and western Loreto departments. Its range continues east very slightly into extreme southern Venezuela and across western and central Brazil to western Pará. Its range slightly overlaps that of the Guianan red cotinga in the vicinity of the lower Tapajós River.The black-necked red cotinga inhabits humid terra firme forest. In elevation it reaches in Colombia, in Ecuador, in Venezuela, and in Brazil.