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umbrellabird
📅 Updated:2020-03-14
🕒 Created:2020-03-14
🆔 ID:29607
Description
Umbrellabirds are passerine birds in the genus Cephalopterus of the family Cotingidae. They are almost entirely black, featuring a feathered crest resembling the form of an umbrella. All have an inflatable wattle on the neck, which serves to amplify their loud, booming calls. This wattle may reach a length of 35 cm (14 in) in the long-wattled umbrellabird, but it is smaller in the two remaining species, and covered in bare, bright red skin in the bare-necked umbrellabird. Females resemble males, but are noticeably smaller and have a reduced crest and wattle.
Species
- amazonian_umbrellabird (C. ornatus)
- bare-necked_umbrellabird (C. glabricollis)
- long-wattled_umbrellabird (C. penduliger)
External links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrellabird
