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Turquoise cotinga

Cotinga ridgwayi Ridgway, 1887

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The turquoise cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) is a species in the family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 53.4 g to 62.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

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Quick facts about the turquoise cotinga

Weight
53.4 g – 62.8 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
Age at maturity
11.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the turquoise cotinga live?

Not recorded

What is the turquoise cotinga?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The turquoise cotinga or Ridgway's cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

From the Wikipedia article “Turquoise cotinga” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turquoise_cotinga&oldid=1315312853), 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 turquoise cotinga endangered?

The turquoise cotinga is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a 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 Vulnerable species.

How is the turquoise cotinga classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCotingidae
  6. genusCotinga
  7. SpeciesCotinga ridgwayi Ridgway, 1887

Synonyms Colinus ridgwayi, Cotinga simoni

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • Torquoise cotingaEnglish
  • قطنجة فيروزيةArabic
  • kotinga tyrkysováCzech
  • cotinga RidgwayWelsh
  • TurkiskotingaDanish
  • RidgwaykotingaGerman
  • Türkis-KotingaGerman
  • turkisa kotingoEsperanto
  • Cotinga turquesaSpanish
  • turkoosikotingaFinnish
  • Cotinga turquoiseFrench
  • tirkizna kotingaCroatian
  • panamai kotingaHungarian
  • Cotinga turcheseItalian
  • Cotinga di RidgwayItalian
  • コスタリカルリカザリドリJapanese
  • Ridžvėjaus kotingaLithuanian
  • Ridgways CotingaDutch
  • bławatnik turkusowyPolish
  • cotinga-turquesaPortuguese
  • Настоящая котингаRussian
  • Сапфировая котингаRussian
  • Настоящая котинга РиджвеяRussian
  • turkoskotingaSwedish
  • Turkuaz KotingaTurkish
  • котинга панамськаUkrainian
  • 绿伞鸟Chinese
  • 藍綠傘鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the turquoise cotinga

Other species in the same genus Cotinga.

CompareTurquoise cotinga vs Spangled cotingaTurquoise cotinga vs Blue cotingaTurquoise cotinga vs Purple-breasted cotingaTurquoise cotinga vs Lovely cotinga

Common questions

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How big is the turquoise cotinga?

An adult turquoise cotinga weighs 53.4 g – 62.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the turquoise cotinga endangered?

The turquoise cotinga is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the turquoise cotinga?

The turquoise cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.

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CreatureData. (2026). Turquoise cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/turquoise-cotinga

MLA

“Turquoise cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/turquoise-cotinga.

BibTeX
@misc{turquoise_cotinga_2026,
  title = {Turquoise cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/turquoise-cotinga},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}