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[[Image:Swallow-tailedCotingaXP.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Francisco Paludo}}<br />Bocaiúva do Sul, Paraná, [[Brazil]], July 2018]]
 
'''Includes Palkachupa Cotinga'''
 
'''Includes Palkachupa Cotinga'''
 
;[[: Category:Phibalura|Phibalura]] flavirostris
 
;[[: Category:Phibalura|Phibalura]] flavirostris
[[Image:Swallow-tailedCotingaXP.JPG|thumb|550px|right|<br />Photo  ©  by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Francisco Paludo}}<br />[[Bocaiúva do Sul, Paraná]], [[Brasil]], July, 2018]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Nominate subspecies has blood red iris and pink legs.
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21–23·5 cm (8¼-9¼ in)
[[Image:Swallow-tailed Cotingaxp2.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Female<br /> Photo  ©  by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Francisco Paludo}}<br />[[Bocaiúva do Sul, PR]], [[Brasil]], July, 2018]]
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*Nominate subspecies has blood red iris and pink legs.
 
====Variation====
 
====Variation====
 
Subspecies ''boliviana'' has mustard yellow eyes and orange-yellow legs.
 
Subspecies ''boliviana'' has mustard yellow eyes and orange-yellow legs.
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South-eastern [[Brazil]], eastern [[Paraguay]] and [[Argentina]], and western [[Bolivia]].  
 
South-eastern [[Brazil]], eastern [[Paraguay]] and [[Argentina]], and western [[Bolivia]].  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Two subspecies are recognized, ''flavirostris'' and ''boliviana''<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.  
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====Subspecies====
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[[Image:Swallow-tailed Cotingaxp2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Francisco Paludo}}<br />Bocaiúva do Sul, PR, [[Brazil]], July 2018]]
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Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:
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*''P. f. boliviana'':
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:*Foothills of western [[Bolivia]] (La Paz)
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*''P. f. flavirostris '':
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:*East [[Brazil]] (Goiás) to eastern [[Paraguay]] and north-eastern [[Argentina]]
  
 
The subspecies ''boliviana'' (living in Bolivia) is separated from the nominate subspecies by about 2500 km. A paper from 2004 describes the first systematic observations of this subspecies since its rediscovery in 2000. This subspecies has been proposed for status as a full species ''Phibalura boliviana'' (Palkachupa Cotinga)<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>.
 
The subspecies ''boliviana'' (living in Bolivia) is separated from the nominate subspecies by about 2500 km. A paper from 2004 describes the first systematic observations of this subspecies since its rediscovery in 2000. This subspecies has been proposed for status as a full species ''Phibalura boliviana'' (Palkachupa Cotinga)<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>.
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The nominate form migrates seasonally between lower and higher elevation areas.   
 
The nominate form migrates seasonally between lower and higher elevation areas.   
 
==References==
 
==References==
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2018)
 
# [http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=209439 Birdforum thread] discussing the taxonomy of Swallow-tailed Cotinga
 
# [http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=209439 Birdforum thread] discussing the taxonomy of Swallow-tailed Cotinga
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Phibalura+flavirostris}}
 
{{GSearch|Phibalura+flavirostris}}

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Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Bocaiúva do Sul, Paraná, Brazil, July 2018

Includes Palkachupa Cotinga

Phibalura flavirostris

Identification

21–23·5 cm (8¼-9¼ in)

  • Nominate subspecies has blood red iris and pink legs.

Variation

Subspecies boliviana has mustard yellow eyes and orange-yellow legs.

Distribution

South-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and Argentina, and western Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Female
Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Bocaiúva do Sul, PR, Brazil, July 2018

Two subspecies are recognized1:

  • P. f. boliviana:
  • Foothills of western Bolivia (La Paz)
  • P. f. flavirostris :

The subspecies boliviana (living in Bolivia) is separated from the nominate subspecies by about 2500 km. A paper from 2004 describes the first systematic observations of this subspecies since its rediscovery in 2000. This subspecies has been proposed for status as a full species Phibalura boliviana (Palkachupa Cotinga)2.

Habitat

Forests.

Behaviour

The nominate form migrates seasonally between lower and higher elevation areas.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2018)
  3. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Swallow-tailed Cotinga

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