Turquoise Cotinga

Turquoise Cotinga
Turquoise Cotinga
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Cotinga
Species: C. ridgwayi
Binomial name
Cotinga ridgwayi
Ridgway, 1887

The Turquoise Cotinga or Ridgway's Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. 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.

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