N W Argentina, Jan 2025.
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Parque Estadual do Espinilho - Barra do Quaraí, RS, Brazil.
Known locally as "corta-ramos".
Plantcutters are "cotingas" (family Cotingidae) but they resemble finches, and are among the few primarily folivorous birds, though they also take some fruits, berries and flowers.
This species is found widely in woodland and scrub of south-eastern and south-central South America.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Family: Cotingidae
Subfamily: Phytotominae
Genus: Phytotoma Molina, 1782
Species: P. rutila Vieillot, 1818
Binomial name: Phytotoma rutila