Species profile
Purple-throated Cotinga
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
Quick answer
Tropical se Colombia to se Peru and w Amazonian Brazil
- Scientific name
- Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
- Family
- Cotingidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Porphyrolaema
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Cotingidae
- Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus)
- Andean cock of the rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
- Andean Mourner (Laniisoma buckleyi)
- Apolo Cotinga (Phibalura boliviana)
- Band-tailed Fruiteater (Pipreola intermedia)
- Banded Cotinga (Cotinga maculata)
- Bare-Necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus)
- Bare-necked Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis)