Editing Cotinga (section)

{{Short description|Passerine bird family found in Central and South America}}
{{About|the family ''Cotingidae''|the genus|Cotinga (genus)|the scientific journal|Cotinga (journal)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Cotingas
| image = Cotinga cayana-20090124.jpg
| image_caption = [[Spangled cotinga]] (''Cotinga cayana'')
| taxon = Cotingidae
| authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1849
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = Many, see text
| range_map = Cotingas_(Cotingidae)_area.svg
| range_map_caption = Geographical range of the cotingas.
}}

The '''cotingas''' are a large family, '''Cotingidae''', of [[Tyranni|suboscine]] [[passerine]] birds found in [[Central America]] and [[tropical]] [[South America]]. Cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges, that are primary frugivorous. They all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. They range in size from {{cvt|12|-|13|cm}} of the [[fiery-throated fruiteater]] (''Pipreola chlorolepidota'') up to {{cvt|48|-|51|cm}} of the [[Amazonian umbrellabird]] (''Cephalopterus ornatus'').<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Snow | first1=D. | author1-link=David Snow (ornithologist) | last2=Sharpe | first2=C.J.  | year=2018 | title=Fiery-throated Fruiteater (''Pipreola chlorolepidota'') | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | journal=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | doi=10.2173/bow.fitfru1.01 | s2cid=243289215 | url=https://www.hbw.com/node/57012 | access-date=30 June 2018 |url-access=subscription  }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Snow | first=D. | year=2018 | title=Amazonian Umbrellabird (''Cephalopterus ornatus'') | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | journal=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | doi=10.2173/bow.amaumb1.01 | s2cid=216264434 | url=https://www.hbw.com/node/57051 | access-date=30 June 2018 |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>