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Male
Photo by mmdnje
Bomcuscaro, Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador,

Cephalopterus ornatus

[edit] Identification

Large, all-black cotinga with heavy bill, pale eye, and crest.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found from southern Venezuela to Guyana, northern Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

In Peru, uncommon in humid montane forest on east slope of Andes, 600-1650m.
Also locally in Amazonia, where apparently confined to floodplains of large rivers and forested river islands.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes berries and palm fruits and nuts.

Immature male
Photo by Peter R. Bono
Date: 2008-08-02
Location: along Manu Road, below Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge (1050m), Peru

[edit] Breeding

It builds a platform nest from loose twigs. 1 khaki with brownish spotting and stippling, egg is laid.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Answers.com

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