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Banded cotinga

Cotinga maculata (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

CRCritically Endangeredsongbirds

The banded cotinga (Cotinga maculata) is a species in the family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 65 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Banded cotinga (Cotinga maculata)
Photo: Marco Cruz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the banded cotinga

Weight
65 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the banded cotinga live?

Not recorded

What is the banded cotinga?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The banded cotinga (Cotinga maculata) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil.

Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss as its population is estimated to number between 250 and 999 mature individuals.

From the Wikipedia article “Banded cotinga” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banded_cotinga&oldid=1380565711), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the banded cotinga endangered?

The banded cotinga is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Critically Endangered species.

How is the banded cotinga classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCotingidae
  6. genusCotinga
  7. SpeciesCotinga maculata (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Ampelis maculatus

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Spotted cotingaEnglish
  • Spotted cotingaEnglish
  • قطنجة مخططArabic
  • Петниста котингаBulgarian
  • cotinga maculatCatalan
  • kotinga brazilskáCzech
  • cotinga mannogWelsh
  • Blå PurpurkotingaDanish
  • KobaltkotingaGerman
  • PrachtkotingaGerman
  • Südliche PrachtkotingaGerman
  • makula kotingoEsperanto
  • Cotinga maculadoSpanish
  • Cotinga de CorbataSpanish
  • vyökotingaFinnish
  • Cotinga cordonbleuFrench
  • Cotinga cordon-bleuFrench
  • bahijska kotingaCroatian
  • Cotinga fasciataItalian
  • アオオビカザリドリJapanese
  • violetinė kotingaLithuanian
  • Gevlekte CotingaDutch
  • blåbeltekotingaNorwegian
  • bławatnik modryPolish
  • CrejoáPortuguese
  • Cotinga-crejoáPortuguese
  • cotinga-de-colar-azulPortuguese
  • crejuáPortuguese
  • Пятнистая котингаRussian
  • Галстучная настоящая котингаRussian
  • Ошейниковая настоящая котингаRussian
  • kotinga kolohriváSlovak
  • bandkotingaSwedish
  • Lekeli KotingaTurkish
  • котинга смугастоволаUkrainian
  • 斑伞鸟Chinese
  • 帶斑傘鳥Chinese
  • 條紋傘鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the banded cotinga

Other species in the same genus Cotinga.

CompareBanded cotinga vs Spangled cotingaBanded cotinga vs Blue cotingaBanded cotinga vs Purple-breasted cotingaBanded cotinga vs Lovely cotinga

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the banded cotinga?

An adult banded cotinga weighs 65 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the banded cotinga endangered?

The banded cotinga is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the banded cotinga?

The banded cotinga (Cotinga maculata) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Banded cotinga (Cotinga maculata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/banded-cotinga

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BibTeX
@misc{banded_cotinga_2026,
  title = {Banded cotinga (Cotinga maculata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/banded-cotinga},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}