Bare-necked umbrellabird
Cephalopterus glabricollis Gould, 1851
The bare-necked umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) is a species in the family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 320 g to 450 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.
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Quick facts about the bare-necked umbrellabird
- Weight
- 320 g – 450 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
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the bare-necked umbrellabird live?
Not recorded
What is the bare-necked umbrellabird?
The bare-necked umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in the Talamancan montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama. Bare-necked umbrellabirds live only in forests and their diet consists mainly of fruits.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Is the bare-necked umbrellabird endangered?
The bare-necked umbrellabird is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species.
How is the bare-necked umbrellabird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCotingidae
- genusCephalopterus
- SpeciesCephalopterus glabricollis Gould, 1851
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- طائر المظلة ذو الرقبة العاريةArabic
- ocell paraigua de coll nuCatalan
- vranucha středoamerickáCzech
- aderyn ambarél gyddf-foelWelsh
- FregatparasolfuglDanish
- Nacktkehl-SchirmvogelGerman
- nudkola ombrelkotingoEsperanto
- Paragüero cuellicalvoSpanish
- Pájaro-sombrilla CuellinudoSpanish
- …-sirmilindEstonian
- varjokotingaFinnish
- Piauhau ombrelleFrench
- Coracine ombrelleFrench
- crvenoprsa kotingaCroatian
- csupasznyakú sisakosmadárHungarian
- Uccello parasole collonudoItalian
- アカノドカサドリJapanese
- plikakaklė skėtinė kotingaLithuanian
- PenseelparasolvogelDutch
- tomatparasollfuglNorwegian
- strojnoczub nagoszyiPolish
- anambé-de-pescoço-nuPortuguese
- cotinga-de-gravata-nuaPortuguese
- Голошейная зонтичная птицаRussian
- vranuša holokrkáSlovak
- Golovrata kišobrankaSerbian
- ParasollfågelSwedish
- barhalsad parasollfågelSwedish
- nakenhalsad parasollfågelSwedish
- Çıplak Boyunlu ŞemsiyekuşuTurkish
- Kırmızı sakallı şemsiye kuşuTurkish
- красочуб червоноволийUkrainian
- 裸頸傘鳥Chinese
- 裸颈伞鸟Chinese
Relatives of the bare-necked umbrellabird
Other species in the same genus Cephalopterus.

Amazonian umbrellabird
Cephalopterus ornatus

Long-wattled umbrellabird
Cephalopterus penduliger
CompareBare-necked umbrellabird vs Amazonian umbrellabirdBare-necked umbrellabird vs Long-wattled umbrellabird
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bare-necked umbrellabird?
An adult bare-necked umbrellabird weighs 320 g – 450 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the bare-necked umbrellabird endangered?
The bare-necked umbrellabird is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the bare-necked umbrellabird?
The bare-necked umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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