Doliornis

Doliornis
Bay-vented cotinga (Doliornis sclateri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus:
Taczanowski, 1874
Type species
Doliornis sclateri[1]
Taczanowski, 1874

Doliornis is a small genus of bird in the family Cotingidae. Established by Władysław Taczanowski in 1874, it contains two species:[2]

Genus Doliornis – Taczanowski, 1874 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Chestnut-bellied cotinga

Doliornis remseni
Robbins, Rosenberg, GH & Sornoza-Molina, 1994 		Colombia, Ecuador, and far northern Peru.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 


Bay-vented cotinga

Doliornis sclateri
Taczanowski, 1874 		Peru.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 



The name Deliornis is a combination of the Greek words dolios. meaning "crafty" or "wily" and ornis, meaning "bird".[3]

References

  1. ^ "Cotingidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ "ITIS Report: Doliornis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.


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