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Pompadour cotinga

Xipholena punicea (Pallas, 1764)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea) is a species in the family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 66 g to 70 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea)
Photo: Mike Goad · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the pompadour cotinga

Weight
66 g – 70 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
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pompadour cotinga live?

Not recorded

What is the pompadour cotinga?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. This species lives in the Amazonian rainforest and has a range that extends across the Amazon Basin and includes Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas. The pompadour cotinga is primarily a frugivore but has been known to consume insects on occasion. This species of cotinga is distinct in that the males have a burgundy head and body, bright white wings, and yellow eyes. Like other members of the Cotingidae, this species is sexually dimorphic and the females have a pale grey head and body. Although there are not many documented observations of the nesting behavior of these birds, the males are known to perform elaborate mating displays for the females who then raise the young alone.

Due to its arboreal habitat and generally remote distribution, behavior observations are rare. Pompadour cotinga coloration has been studied extensively, but little is known about the natural history of its behavior and existence in its habitat. Despite threats to Amazonian habitat in recent years, the pompadour cotinga remains a species of least concern.

From the Wikipedia article “Pompadour cotinga” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pompadour_cotinga&oldid=1380578665), 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 pompadour cotinga endangered?

The pompadour 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 pompadour cotinga classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCotingidae
  6. genusXipholena
  7. SpeciesXipholena punicea (Pallas, 1764)

Synonyms Ampelis pompadora, Turdus puniceus

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • قطنجة بومبادورArabic
  • kotinga vínorudáCzech
  • cotinga coch adeinwynWelsh
  • Pompadour KotingaDanish
  • AmazonienpompadourkotingaGerman
  • Amazonien-PompadourkotingaGerman
  • purpura kotingoEsperanto
  • Cotinga PompadourSpanish
  • violettikotingaFinnish
  • Cotinga pompadourFrench
  • grimizna kotingaCroatian
  • Pompadour-kotingaHungarian
  • Cotinga della PompadourItalian
  • ムラサキカザリドリJapanese
  • amazoninė dailioji kotingaLithuanian
  • pompadurkotingaNorwegian
  • palmożer amarantowyPolish
  • BacacuPortuguese
  • Anambé-PompadoraPortuguese
  • anambé-roxoPortuguese
  • cotinga-pompadourPortuguese
  • Котинга-помпадурRussian
  • Украшенная котинга-помпадурRussian
  • kotinga šarlátováSlovak
  • Kotinga pompadurSerbian
  • Yatık Tüylü KotingaTurkish
  • котинга-білокрил амарантоваUkrainian
  • 卷尾傘鳥Chinese
  • 白翅紫伞鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the pompadour cotinga

Other species in the same genus Xipholena.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pompadour cotinga?

An adult pompadour cotinga weighs 66 g – 70 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the pompadour cotinga endangered?

The pompadour 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 pompadour cotinga?

The pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pompadour-cotinga

MLA

“Pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pompadour-cotinga.

BibTeX
@misc{pompadour_cotinga_2026,
  title = {Pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pompadour-cotinga},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}