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Black-and-gold Cotinga

tijuca atra

Cotingidae

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Complete decoded account text

26 cm. A spectacular endemic cotinga of the high mountains. The male is unmistakable with an orange bill and black plumage with a large patch of orange-yellow on the primaries. <NThe female is uniform olive-green with yellow on the belly and flight feathers. Song a very high pitched ascending whistle lasting 3 to 4 seconds "wiiiiiiiii...." repeated frequently. Some shorter high pitched notes can also be heard Cut 6 . Forages in the canopy of montane forest. Common in humid primary and mature secondary montane forest. <8E>Serra dos Org<C4>os, Serra Mantiqueira<8E>including<8E>Campos do Jord<C4>o, Serra do Mar. 1200-1700 meters. 11641 Song Serra Bocaina, near S. Jose do Barreiro, 10<10>30<10>94. Misty, 15<91>C. Primary forest. With /Pachyramphus polychopterus .: 6655 Song. Serra da Mantiqueira, 11<10>18<10>98. Sunny, 20<91>C. Cloud forest. With /Basileuterus leucoblepharus .: 7753 Song. Serra da Mantiqueira, 11<10>18<10>98. Sunny, 20<91>C. Cloud forest. With /Myrmeciza squamosa, Saltator similis, Chamaeza ruficauda, Turdus rufiventris .: 12314 Song. 10<10>20<10>99, Serra da Mantiqueira, Agulhas Negras road. Clear, 20<91>C. High altitude forest, 2000 meters.: 479 Song. Cornell Cat 52832, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, 6<10>30<10>90. Lek at 4940". Recording by D. W. Finch.: 5268 Song or call. Serra dos Org<C4>os, Teresopolis. 11<10>2<10>00. Heavy rain, 18<91>C. Primary forest. With /Carpornis cucullatus .: 12761 >:

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Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

Voice

Song a very high pitched ascending whistle lasting 3 to 4 seconds "wiiiiiiiii...." repeated frequently. Some shorter high pitched notes can also be heard Cut 6 .

Behavior

Forages in the canopy of montane forest.

Habitat and status

Common in humid primary and mature secondary montane forest.

Distribution

<8E>Serra dos Org<C4>os, Serra Mantiqueira<8E>including<8E>Campos do Jord<C4>o, Serra do Mar. 1200-1700 meters.

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

The 2011 Disc 1 revision carries this account text unchanged from the Disc 3 release.

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

tijuca atra

Black-and-gold Cotinga

Cotingidae

Cotingas

CLEMENTS

tijuca atra

Black-and-gold Cotinga

Cotingidae

Cotingas

AOU_HM

tijuca atra

Black-and-gold Cotinga

Cotingidae

Cotingas

Recordings

11641.mp3

11641 Song Serra Bocaina, near S. Jose do Barreiro, 10<10>30<10>94. Misty, 15<91>C. Primary forest. With /Pachyramphus polychopterus .

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.