cotinga

American  

[koh-ting-guh, kuh-] / koʊˈtɪŋ gə, kə- /

noun

1. any of several songbirds constituting the family Cotingidae of chiefly tropical New World regions.

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cotinga British  

/ kəˈtɪŋɡə /

noun

1. Also called: chatterer.  any tropical American passerine bird of the family Cotingidae, such as the umbrella bird and the cock-of-the-rock, having a broad slightly hooked bill

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Etymology

Origin of cotinga

1775–85; < New Latin < French < Tupi

Example Sentences

One is a small picture, which — remarkably — uses colored hummingbird, quetzal, cotinga and macaw feathers instead of paint.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2018

Usually, species such as the toucan and cotinga use their large beaks to eat the fruit, eventually spreading the seeds throughout the forest.

From BBC • May 31, 2013

Its nest, its pallet, was of every kind of precious feather— Of lovely cotinga feathers, roseate spoonbill feathers, quetzal feathers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The most interesting birds he shot were a cotinga, brilliant turquoise-blue with a magenta- purple throat, and a big woodpecker, black above and cinnamon below with an entirely red head and neck.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore

Sheer color alone is powerful enough, but when heightened by contrast, it becomes still more effective, and I seemed to have secured, with two barrels, a cotinga and its shadow.

From Edge of the Jungle by Beebe, William