The turquoise cotinga or Ridgway's cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Costa Rica and western Panama. Its natural habitats are tropical moist forests and plantations from the lowlands into lower mountain regions. It is threatened by deforestation.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Cotinga |
| Species: | C. ridgwayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cotinga ridgwayi Ridgway, 1887
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The species is found solitary or in couples, mostly in the San Vito area, and as far north as Carara National Park. Typically a rather elusive bird, it follows fruit phenology. Sightings have been reported at La Amistad Lodge, Las Mellizas-San Vito, and the Pacifico Lodge area close to Carara National Park.
Nothing is known about the species' nesting or sexual habits.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cotinga ridgwayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22700874A93801353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700874A93801353.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Further reading
edit- Skutch, Alexander F. (1969). "Turquoise cotinga" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds III: Families Cotingidae, Pipridae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptidae, and Picidae. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 35. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 77–80.
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