White-tailed cotinga
Xipholena lamellipennis (Lafresnaye, 1839)
The white-tailed cotinga (Xipholena lamellipennis) is a species in the family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 53.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
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Quick facts about the white-tailed cotinga
- Weight
- 53.8 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
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the white-tailed cotinga live?
Not recorded
What is the white-tailed cotinga?
The white tailed cotinga (Xipholena lamellipennis) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
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Is the white-tailed cotinga endangered?
The white-tailed cotinga is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- 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 Near Threatened species.
How is the white-tailed cotinga classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCotingidae
- genusXipholena
- SpeciesXipholena lamellipennis (Lafresnaye, 1839)
Synonyms Ampelis lamellipennis, Ampelis leucura, Xipholena lamellipennis pallidior
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- قطنجة بيضاء الذيلArabic
- cotinga cuablancCatalan
- kotinga běloocasáCzech
- HvidhalekotingaDanish
- WeißschwanzkotingaGerman
- Weißschwanz-KotingaGerman
- Weißschwanz-PompadourkotingaGerman
- blankvosta kotingoEsperanto
- Cotinga coliblancoSpanish
- valkopyrstökotingaFinnish
- Cotinga à queue blancheFrench
- bjelorepa kotingaCroatian
- Cotinga codabiancaItalian
- オジロカザリドリJapanese
- baltauodegė dailioji kotingaLithuanian
- hvithalekotingaNorwegian Bokmål
- WitstaartcotingaDutch
- hvitstjertkotingaNorwegian
- palmożer białosternyPolish
- Bacacu-pretoPortuguese
- anambé-de-rabo-brancoPortuguese
- cotinga-de-cauda-brancaPortuguese
- Белохвостая котингаRussian
- Белохвостая украшенная котингаRussian
- kotinga bielochvostáSlovak
- Belorepa kotingaSerbian
- vitstjärtad kotingaSwedish
- Ak Kuyruklu KotingaTurkish
- котинга-білокрил бразильськаUkrainian
- 白尾伞鸟Chinese
- 白尾傘鳥Chinese
Relatives of the white-tailed cotinga
Other species in the same genus Xipholena.
Pompadour cotinga
Xipholena punicea
White-winged cotinga
Xipholena atropurpurea
CompareWhite-tailed cotinga vs Pompadour cotingaWhite-tailed cotinga vs White-winged cotinga
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-tailed cotinga?
An adult white-tailed cotinga weighs 53.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-tailed cotinga endangered?
The white-tailed cotinga is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the white-tailed cotinga?
The white-tailed cotinga (Xipholena lamellipennis) 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
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