Abstract
The Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Phibalura flavirostris, is a rare Neotropical bird. Its geographic distribution in Brazil is limited to the country’s south and south-east regions and a small area in the center of the state of Goiás. However, an adult individual was recorded in a fragment of Cerrado in the municipality of Campo Grande, in central Mato Grosso do Sul, indicating an expansion in the distribution of the species in Brazil.
Highlights
The Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Phibalura flavirostris Vieillot, 1816, is a representative of the family Contingidae, a typically Neotropical group of well-diversified birds (Sick 1997)
The record was part of a systematic survey in forest fragments of Cerrado located in the urban area of the municipality of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul
The sighting was a Cerrado fragment located in an urban area located about 10 km from downtown Campo Grande
Summary
The Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Phibalura flavirostris Vieillot, 1816, is a representative of the family Contingidae, a typically Neotropical group of well-diversified birds (Sick 1997). Phibalura flavirostris is the only Brazilian cotingid with a long forked tail. According to Birdlife International (2015), the geographical distribution of P. flavirostris covers parts of Argentina and Paraguay, in addition to Brazil (Fig. 1). The species is probably a migrant to Rio Grande do Sul, where it occurs during the summer breeding season (Ridgely and Tudor 1994). Rare, this species is classified as Near Threatened (Birdlife International 2015)
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