Purple-throated cotinga (Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema)

Concesion el Quinillal, Ucayali, Peru. Aug 16, 2023

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Thibaud Aronson

Lion

A tinamou is nice, but a new lowland cotinga such as this one is great! It was visiting one of the greatest fruiting trees I've ever attended, where we probably saw some 30 different bird species over a couple of hours. Posted one year ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I think I remember the name in the sense that Manuel was sometimes raving about it, awesome that you got to see it! Posted one year ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
    Lion
    
    Aha yes it barely enters Colombia. Looking at ebird, it's only been photographed 4 times over there! Posted one year ago

The Purple-throated cotinga

The purple-throated cotinga is a species of bird in the cotinga family, Cotingidae. It is found in the western Amazon rainforest of South America; its range extends from southern Colombia south through eastern Ecuador and Peru and east through extreme northwestern Bolivia and into western Amazonian Brazil.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded Oct 3, 2023. Captured Aug 16, 2023 12:42 in FCFQ+3P Pucallpa, Peru.

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Canon EOS R6
f/10.0
1/1250s
ISO5000
500mm

Captured in the winter. More winter photos.