Long-wattled umbrellabird

Long-wattled umbrellabird
Cephalopterus penduliger at Skansen, Stockholm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Cephalopterus
Species:
C. penduliger
Binomial name
Cephalopterus penduliger

The long-wattled umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) is an umbrellabird in the Cotingidae family. Its Spanish names include pájaro bolsón, pájaro toro, dungali, and vaca del monte.[2] The long-wattled umbrellabird is considered rare and it resides in humid to wet premontane and cloud forest.[3] They are often found on the Pacific slopes of southwest Colombia and western Ecuador, but occasionally are found at lower altitudes.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cephalopterus penduliger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22700936A93805498. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700936A93805498.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Granizo, T; Pacheco, C; Ribadeneira, M.B; Guerrero, M; Suárez, L (2002). Libro Rojo de las Aves del Ecuador. Quito. pp. 177–178.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b Jahn, Olaf; Grefa, Edwin E. Vargas; Schuchmann, Karl-L. (March 1999). "The life history of the Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger in the Andean foothills of north-west Ecuador: leks, behaviour, ecology and conservation". Bird Conservation International. 9 (1): 81–94. doi:10.1017/s0959270900003373. ISSN 0959-2709.