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Blue cotinga

Cotinga nattererii (Boissonneau, 1840)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The blue cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) is a species in the family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 57.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Blue cotinga (Cotinga nattererii)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue cotinga

Weight
57.2 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
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue cotinga live?

Not recorded

What is the blue cotinga?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blue cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Colombia, north-west Ecuador, eastern to western Panama and western Venezuela in tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. In relation to range and population size this species is not considered to be vulnerable.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue cotinga” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_cotinga&oldid=1379254010), 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 blue cotinga endangered?

The blue cotinga is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species.

How is the blue cotinga classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCotingidae
  6. genusCotinga
  7. SpeciesCotinga nattererii (Boissonneau, 1840)

Synonyms Ampelis nattererii

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • قطنجة زرقاءArabic
  • cotinga blauCatalan
  • kotinga purpurovobřicháCzech
  • cotinga glas y GorllewinWelsh
  • Blå KotingaDanish
  • PrachtkotingaGerman
  • Nördliche PrachtkotingaGerman
  • Schwarzbauch-KotingaGerman
  • SchwarzbauchkotingaGerman
  • blua kotingoEsperanto
  • Cotinga azulSpanish
  • sinikotingaFinnish
  • Cotinga bleuFrench
  • plava kotingaCroatian
  • Cotinga bluItalian
  • ルリカザリドリJapanese
  • mėlynoji kotingaLithuanian
  • ZwartbuikcotingaDutch
  • bławatnik niebieskiPolish
  • cotinga-azulPortuguese
  • cotinga-azul-do-chocóPortuguese
  • Синяя котингаRussian
  • Пурпурногорлая настоящая котингаRussian
  • kotinga modráSlovak
  • Mavi KotingaTurkish
  • котинга венесуельськаUkrainian
  • 蓝伞鸟Chinese
  • 藍傘鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the blue cotinga

Other species in the same genus Cotinga.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue cotinga?

An adult blue cotinga weighs 57.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blue cotinga endangered?

The blue cotinga is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the blue cotinga?

The blue cotinga (Cotinga nattererii) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue cotinga (Cotinga nattererii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-cotinga

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“Blue cotinga (Cotinga nattererii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-cotinga.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_cotinga_2026,
  title = {Blue cotinga (Cotinga nattererii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-cotinga},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}