Plantcutters
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus
Phytotoma

The plantcutters are a family of passerine birds in the cotinga family Cotingidae. they were previously in their own family, Phytotomidae.

These are robust birds of open woodland, scrub and farmland in tropical South America. They resemble finches, and feed on fruit and similar vegetable material.

They lay 2-4 brown-spotted green eggs in a tree nest, which are incubated by the female.

The three species are:

Family: Cotingidae

  • Genus Phytotoma
    • White-tipped Plantcutter, or Reddish Plantcutter, Phytotoma rutila
    • Chilean Plantcutter, Phytotoma rara
    • Peruvian Plantcutter, Phytotoma raimondii
  • many other genera