Carpodectes is a genus of passerine birds in the family Cotingidae.

Carpodectes
Snowy cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Carpodectes
Salvin, 1865
Type species
Carpodectes nitidus[1]
Salvin, 1865

It contains the following species:[2]

Image Name Common name Distribution
Carpodectes hopkei Black-tipped cotinga Chocó region, from southeastern Panama to northwestern Ecuador
Carpodectes antoniae Yellow-billed cotinga Pacific slope of Costa Rica and Panama
Carpodectes nitidus Snowy cotinga Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and extreme northwestern Panama

References edit

  1. ^ "Cotingidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2018.