Turquoise cotinga
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Cotinga |
| Species: | C. ridgwayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cotinga ridgwayi Ridgway, 1887
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The turquoise cotinga or Ridgway's cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Costa Rica and western Panama. Its natural habitats are tropical moist forests and plantations from the lowlands into lower mountain regions. It is threatened by deforestation.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cotinga ridgwayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22700874A93801353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700874A93801353.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Further reading[]
- Skutch, Alexander F. (1969). "Turquoise cotinga" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds III: Families Cotingidae, Pipridae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptidae, and Picidae. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 35. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 77–80.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Cotinga (genus)
- Birds described in 1887
- Birds of Costa Rica
- Birds of Panama
- Taxa named by Robert Ridgway
- Cotingidae stubs