Purple-throated Cotinga

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Purple-throated Cotinga
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Porphyrolaema
Species: P. porphyrolaema
Binomial name
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
(Deville & Sclater, 1852)

The Purple-throated Cotinga (Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Porphyrolaema. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest.

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