White-tipped plantcutter
| White-tipped plantcutter | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Phytotoma |
| Species: | P. rutila |
| Binomial name | |
| Phytotoma rutila Vieillot, 1818 | |
The white-tipped plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. As the other plantcutters, this species is sexually dimorphic and folivorous. It is the found widely in woodland and scrub of south-eastern and south-central South America. It is mainly found in lowlands east of the Andes, but ranges well into the highlands in Bolivia.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Phytotoma rutila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.