The Guianan Red-Cotinga (Phoenicircus carnifex) is a species of bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 in the Cotingidae family, the cotinga

Cotinga

The cotingas are a large family of passerine bird species found in Central America and tropical South America. Cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges, which mostly eat fruit or insects and fruit. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with...

s. It is one of two species in the genus Phoenicircus

Phoenicircus

Phoenicircus is a genus of bird in the Cotingidae family.It contains the following species:* Guianan Red-cotinga * Black-necked Red-cotinga...

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It is found in northeastern South America

South America

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 in the Guianas in Guyana

Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

, Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

 and French Guiana

French Guiana

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; also a small border region of adjacent eastern Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. In Brazil

Brazil

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 the species is found in the lower Amazon Basin

Amazon Basin

The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...

 bordering the Guyanas at the Amazon River

Amazon River

The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...

 outlet, and only ranges upstream in the Braziliam states of Pará

Pará

Pará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...

, and Amapá

Amapá

Amapá is one of the states of Brazil, located in the extreme north, bordering French Guiana and Suriname to the north. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south and west is the Brazilian state of Pará. Perhaps one of the main features of the state is the River Oiapoque, as it was once...

. It is found on Marajó Island and southwards into northeastern Pará.

Its natural habitat

Habitat

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 is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest

Forest

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There is a minor intersecting of the Guianan Red-Cotinga range with the only other species in Phoenicircus

Phoenicircus

Phoenicircus is a genus of bird in the Cotingidae family.It contains the following species:* Guianan Red-cotinga * Black-necked Red-cotinga...

, the Black-necked Red-Cotinga

Black-necked Red-cotinga

The Black-necked Red-cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas.It is found in the western Amazon Basin of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; also the very southern border region of Venezuela with Amazonas state.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland...

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External links

• "Guianan Red-Cotinga" videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Stamps (for Suriname
  Suriname
  Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
  
  ) with RangeMap
• Photo; Article planktonik.com
• Photo-High Res; Article www.mnh.si.edu—"Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield"
• Graphic-"Red Cotinga"; Article montereybay–Best Birds of the World