Chestnut-crested cotinga
Ampelion rufaxilla (Tschudi, 1844)
The chestnut-crested cotinga (Ampelion rufaxilla) is a species in the family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 73.5 g to 73.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the chestnut-crested cotinga
- Weight
- 73.9 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
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the chestnut-crested cotinga live?
Not recorded
What is the chestnut-crested cotinga?
The chestnut-crested cotinga (Ampelion rufaxilla) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut-crested cotinga” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut-crested_cotinga&oldid=1380737339), 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 chestnut-crested cotinga endangered?
The chestnut-crested cotinga is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- 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 Least Concern species.
How is the chestnut-crested cotinga classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCotingidae
- genusAmpelion
- SpeciesAmpelion rufaxilla (Tschudi, 1844)
Synonyms Ampelis rufaxilla
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- قطنجة كستنائية العرفArabic
- cotinga emplomallat coll-roigCatalan
- kotinga rezavochocholatáCzech
- cotinga mygydogWelsh
- KravekotingaDanish
- BraunohrkotingaGerman
- BraunkopfkotingaGerman
- kaŝtankresta kotingoEsperanto
- Cotinga cresticastañoSpanish
- rosvokotingaFinnish
- Cotinga à tête rousseFrench
- riđovrata kotingaCroatian
- Cotinga crestacastanaItalian
- カンムリカザリドリJapanese
- rudakuodis ampelionasLithuanian
- RoodkopcotingaDutch
- kragekotingaNorwegian
- andowiec obrożnyPolish
- cotinga-de-poupa-castanhaPortuguese
- cotinga-de-crista-castanhaPortuguese
- Каштановохохлая котингаRussian
- Каштановохохлый ампелионRussian
- chocholiar hnedohrivýSlovak
- Kotinga sa kestenjastom ćubomSerbian
- kastanjetofskotingaSwedish
- Kestane Taçlı KotingaTurkish
- андець рудочубийUkrainian
- 栗冠伞鸟Chinese
- 栗冠傘鳥Chinese
Relatives of the chestnut-crested cotinga
Other species in the same genus Ampelion.
Red-crested cotinga
Ampelion rubrocristatus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the chestnut-crested cotinga?
An adult chestnut-crested cotinga weighs 73.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the chestnut-crested cotinga endangered?
The chestnut-crested 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 chestnut-crested cotinga?
The chestnut-crested cotinga (Ampelion rufaxilla) 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.
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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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