French: Cotinga à bec jaune German: Gelbschnabelkotinga Spanish: Cotinga piquiamarillo
Pirris, south-western Costa Rica
Pacific slope of Costa Rica and W Panama (E to Golfo de Montijo).
19·5–21 cm; mean 98 g. Wide-based bill with ridged culmen, tip of upper mandible notched, distinctly uncinate; rictal bristles absent in male, slightly developed... read more
Male call “cah” or “cow” like that of a dove (Columbidae) or a trogon (... read more
Mainly coastal mangroves and adjacent woodland; occasionally isolated trees in nearby open areas.... read more
Food and feeding
Only fruits recorded, including those of Lauraceae, Melastomataceae and mistletoes (Loranthaceae). In the only known nest the... read more
Little information. One nest was c. 10 m up in a vertical fork of a mangrove tree (Rhizophora racemosa) and contained two small... read more
Evidently wanders widely, as recorded well inland from preferred coastal mangrove habitat; such... read more
Status and conservation
ENDANGERED. Restricted-range species: present in South Central American Pacific Slope EBA. Rare, occurring in perhaps a dozen disjunct areas within a very small global range... read more
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