They are members of the cotinga family. One of these was the spangled cotinga. Currently considered a sub-species of the swallow-tailed cotinga. The plum-throated cotinga is monotypic. The blue cotinga lives high in the canopy. One of these was the plum-throated cotinga. Cotinga is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cotinga family, Cotingidae. The lovely cotinga has an adult length of about . The type species is the purple-breasted cotinga. The spangled cotinga is found throughout the Amazon Basin. It is one of the smaller cotinga species and expresses strong sexual dimorphism. The genus "Cotinga" was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The male is a brilliant turquoise blue and closely resembles the blue cotinga ("Cotinga nattererii"). The plantcutters are a group of passerine birds in the cotinga family, Cotingidae. The plum-throated cotinga ("Cotinga maynana") is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae.