Purple-throated Cotinga
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCotingidae (Cotingas)
- GenusPorphyrolaema
- SpeciesPorphyrolaema porphyrolaema (Purple-throated Cotinga)
Closest Relatives at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
Bare-necked Fruitcrow
Gymnoderus foetidus
Black-tailed Tityra
Tityra cayana
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Querula purpurata
Plum-throated Cotinga
Cotinga maynana
Spangled Cotinga
Cotinga cayana
Amazonian Umbrellabird
Cephalopterus ornatus
White-browed Purpletuft
Iodopleura isabellae
White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
Screaming Piha
Lipaugus vociferans
Pink-throated Becard
Pachyramphus minor
Black-crowned Tityra
Tityra inquisitor
Wing-barred Piprites
Piprites chloris
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Purple-throated Cotinga in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Purple-throated Cotinga sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 99 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Purple-throated Cotinga in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
August has the highest sighting rate for Purple-throated Cotinga in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in our monthly data.