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White-tailed Cotinga
- Scientific name
- Xipholena lamellipennis
- Family
- Cotingidae
- Conservation status
- Near threatened
- Habitat
- Forest deciduous
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Notched
Where it came from
The White-tailed Cotinga (Xipholena lamellipennis) is a passerine bird belonging to the Cotingidae family, endemic to the southeastern Amazon basin in Brazil. It occupies a specialized ecological niche within the canopy of humid lowland forests, where it remains primarily restricted to the region south of the Amazon River between the Tocantins and Xingu rivers.
The species was formally described by the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1839. Its distinct morphology, characterized by the rounded wing shape and notched tail that facilitate its specific flight patterns within dense vegetation, has made it a subject of interest for field ornithologists studying the evolution of display plumage and vocal behavior in tropical cotingas.
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