Black-faced cotinga

The black-faced cotinga (Conioptilon mcilhennyi) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is the only member of the genus Conioptilon.

Black-faced cotinga
at Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cotingidae
Genus:	Conioptilon Lowery & O'Neill, 1966
Species:	C. mcilhennyi
Binomial name
Conioptilon mcilhennyi Lowery & O'Neill, 1966

It is mainly found in the Amazon Basin of eastern Peru as well as in adjacent border areas of western Brazil and northwestern Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The species was first described by George Lowery and John O'Neill in 1966 and placed in a new genus.^[2] A large molecular phylogenetic study of the suboscines published in 2020 found that the black-faced cotinga was sister to the bare-necked fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidusi).^[3]

Geographic distribution

It is found in the Madre de Dios and Balta in South Ucayali, the Caimisea river, Cuzco, and the Tejo and Juruá Rivers in western Brazil.^[1]