Long-wattled Umbrellabird

Cephalopterus penduliger Sclater, PL, 1859

Cotingidae — Cotingas

Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Cephalopterus penduliger, is a cotinga of humid forest in Colombia and Ecuador, breeding in South America. It is found on the Pacific slopes of south-west Colombia and western Ecuador, and also in humid montane forest on the Andes ridges and sides at 1,500–1,800 m. The male is set apart by a large throat wattle of feathers, which can be drawn back in flight. Both sexes have an erectile head crest, and the male’s is longer. Females and young have no wattle or only a much smaller one.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae — Cotingas
Breeding range: South America: Colombia, Ecuador