Green Backed Heron - Bird photography and identification
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana)
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana)
Photo description
Male. From the wooden canopy tower, Sacha Lodge, Ecuador. I've noticed cayana turning up a lot in these names. From James Jobling's 'A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names' "After Cayenne of French Guiana. In early ornithology usually indicated a Neotropical species of otherwise unknown provenance" f/6.3, iso 800, exp comp minus two-thirds, 1/800.
Uploaded Mar 21, 2007 | Flickr URL
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Sacha Lodge Ecuador Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
4 comments have been posted about this photo

wow, what a beautiful bird
Posted on Mar 21, 2007
Really a beauty, nice shot.
Posted on Mar 23, 2007
Fantastic colors. What a display.

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Posted on Mar 23, 2007
Excellent bird
Posted on Mar 31, 2007
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