cotinga

[prettygoodword]

cotinga (koh-TING-guh, kuh-TING-guh) - n., any of several species of tropical passerine birds (genus Cotinga and a couple related genera) of Central and South America.


Including this stunning fellow, the spangled cotinga (Cotinga cayana):


Thanks, WikiMedia!

The name is (via French) from a Tupi language, supposedly meaning bright-forest-bird (compare modern Tupi coting, to wash & tinga, white).

---L.

Comments

[full_metal_ox]

Lucha Libre superhero concept!

[prettygoodword]

I was thinking drag, but that's just as likely.

[full_metal_ox]

Ah, but there’s a Venn overlap:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/23/mexico-wrestling-exoticos-cassandro-movie-gael-garcia-bernal

[med_cat]

What a beautiful bird!

[med_cat]

What a beauty!