- Black-necked Red-cotinga
Taxobox
name = Black-necked Red-cotinga
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Cotingidae
genus = "Phoenicircus "
species = "P. nigricollis"
binomial = "Phoenicircus nigricollis"
binomial_authority = Swainson, 1832
synonyms = The Black-necked Red-cotinga ("Phoenicircus nigricollis") is a species ofbird in theCotingidae family, thecotinga s.It is found in the western
Amazon Basin ofBrazil ,Colombia ,Ecuador andPeru ; also the very southern border region ofVenezuela with Amazonas state.Its naturalhabitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s.This is a distinctive red bird with black wings and a narrow black band across the tip of its tail.
Distribution
Western Amazon Basin
The Black-necked Red-cotinga is found in the western
Amazon Basin in two distinct ranges, one in the northwest Basin, the other in the central–southwest.The northwestern range in the Amazon Basin has the
Amazon River as its southern limit; in the east it is limited to the Rio Negro confluence with the Amazon and then on its western shore and beyond, upstream and crossing into the very southern border area of Venezuela, but continuing west into all of Amazonian southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador. From thiscontiguous range it extends southward into the very west of the southwestern Amazon Basin in northern Peru, and is again limited to the northern bank of the lower stretch of theUcayali River , and the north bankMarañón River -(the western Amazon River).The second range in the center–southwest is also of similar size and is limited on the west by the east bank of the
Madeira River , the north by the Amazon River, and extends the range east beyond the Tapajós River, the lower downstream half.Of note, the other cotinga in the two-genus
Phoenicircus , theGuianan Red-cotinga has a range in theGuianas and the eastern Amazon Basin; it only intersects ranges with the Black-necked in the lower quarter of the Tapajós River drainage, and environs.References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50114/all Phoenicircus nigricollis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
External links
* [http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/RedCotinga_BN-Wdck-t.jpgGraphic] ; [http://montereybay.com/creagrus/best_birds21-30.html Article w/ species synopsis] montereybay.com—"Best Birds of the World"
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