Return of Bird of the Week: Amazonian Umbrellabird
This is another Cotinga, less flamboyant than last week’s Long-wattled Umbrellabird, but still possessed of a shorter wattle and the same kind of booming, distance-carrying calls. WC supposes that “Short-wattled Umbrellabird” was undignified, so it’s the Amazonian Umbrellabird instead. The Amazonian Umbrellabird is officially monotypic – no subspecies – but it’s known to have two…
