Blue cotinga vs Turquoise cotinga
The blue cotinga is heavier: 57.2 g against 57.2 g for the turquoise cotinga, about 0% more.
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a blue cotinga and a turquoise cotinga?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The blue cotinga is heavier: 57.2 g against 57.2 g for the turquoise cotinga, about 0% more.
- Both belong to the genus Cotinga, so they are close relatives.
- The blue cotinga is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the turquoise cotinga is Vulnerable.
Side by side
| Blue cotinga | Turquoise cotinga | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Cotinga nattererii | Cotinga ridgwayi |
| Family | Cotingidae | Cotingidae |
| Order | Passeriformes | Passeriformes |
| Weight | 57.2 g | 53.4 g – 62.8 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | forest |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Vulnerable |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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