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Chestnut-crested Cotinga (rufaxilla)

Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla (Tschudi, JJ 1844)

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Cotingidae
Genus:
   Ampelion
Scientific:
  Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla


Original description

Citation:
  (Tschudi, JJ 1844)

Reference:
   Arch. Naturgesch. 10, bd.1 p.270

Protonym:
  A[mpelis] rufaxilla

Type locality:
  Peru; Vitoc Valley, Junín, proposed by Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 99 for this form as republished by Tschudi, 1846, Unters. Faun. Peru., Aves, p. 137, under the name Ampelion rufaxilla; this restriction hereby adopted for the original citation (J. T. Z.).

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31399#page/278/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E6BB94BEFCAA114E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E6BB94BE

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E6BB94BE


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 711929

Geographic range:

  • Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla: east slope of Andes of southern Ecuador, Peru, and western Bolivia
English:
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (rufaxilla)
French:
Cotinga à tête rousse (rufaxilla)


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (rufaxilla) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (rufaxilla) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (rufaxilla) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (rufaxilla) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (nominate) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (nominate) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (nominate) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (nominate) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (nominate) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (nominate) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (nominate) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Chestnut-crested Cotinga (nominate) ( Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla)
Avilist 2025:
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Ampelion rufaxilla

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German: Braunkopfzuser
English: Chestnut-crested Cotinga, Chestnut-crested Cotinga (nominate), Chestnut-crested Cotinga (rufaxilla)
Spanish: Cotinga de Cresta Castaña
French: Cotinga à tête rousse, Cotinga à tête rousse (nominal), Cotinga à tête rousse (nominale), Cotinga à tête rousse (race nominale), Cotinga à tête rousse (rufaxilla)
Italian: Cotinga crestacastana
Scientific: A[mpelis] rufaxilla, Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla, Ampelis rufaxilla

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