Tijuca (bird)


Tijuca is a genus of passerine birds in the cotinga family, Cotingidae. It contains two species:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Tijuca atraBlack-and-gold cotingaSerra do Mar in south-eastern Brazil
Tijuca conditaGrey-winged cotingaSerra dos Órgãos and Serra do Tinguá in Rio de Janeiro State of Brazil

They both have small ranges, occurring in montane forest in south-east Brazil. Their diet includes fruit.
They are fairly large cotingas, 24–26.5 centimetres long. The grey-winged cotinga and female black-and-gold cotinga are mainly olive, while the male black-and-gold cotinga is mostly black with a yellow wing-speculum. They have high-pitched, whistling calls.