• Phylogenetic placement: Tyranni: Tyrannida
• Distribution: Central and South America
• Number of extant genera: 24
• Number of extant species: 65

Traditional genus-level classification of extant Cotingidae following the AviList checklist v2025. (link) The number of subspecies is given in parentheses. The phylogenetic arrangement is based on Harvey et al. (2020) and matches that of the BOW Phylogeny Explorer tree v1.6. (link)

Bibliography [annotated]

Berv JS, and Prum RO (2014), A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Neotropical cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a comparative evolutionary analysis of breeding system and plumage dimorphism and a revised phylogenetic classification, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 81, 120-136. (pdf) [note: provided a timetree of 61 cotingid species in 25 genera; also provided a species-level taxonomic revision, recognising five subfamilies]

Harvey MG, Bravo GA, Claramunt S, Cuervo AM, Derryberry GE, Battilana J, Seeholzer GF, McKay JS, O'Meara BC, Faircloth BC, Edwards SV, Perez-Eman J, Moyle RG, Sheldon FH, Aleixo A, Smith BT, Chesser RT, Silveira LF, Cracraft J, Brumfield RT, and Derryberry EP (2020), The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot, Science 370, 1343-48. (pdf) (hi-res tree) [note: provided a complete species-level timetree of Cotingidae]

Ohlson JI, Prum RO, and Ericson PGP (2007), A molecular phylogeny of the cotingas (Aves: Cotingidae), Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42, 25-37. (abstract) [note: provided a phylogeny of 22 cotingid genera (including Tijuca); didn’t study Carpornis, Phibalura and Xipholena]

Prum RO (2001), A new genus for the Andean Green Pihas (Cotingidae), Ibis 143, 307-309. (no abstract available) (jounal's link) (author's pdf) [note: proposed a new genus name, Snowornis, including S. cryptolophus and S. subalaris]

Settlecowski AE, Cuervo AM, Tello JG, Harvey MG, Brumfield RT, and Derryberry EP (2020), Investigating the utility of traditional and genomic multilocus datasets to resolve relationships in Lipaugus and Tijuca (Cotingidae), Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 147, e:106779. (abstract) [note: confirmed the finding of Berv & Prum (2014) that Tijuca is embedded within Lipaugus]

van der Kamp AAW, and Ottenburghs J (2026), Cotinga communication constrained: body size and lekking behaviour influence cotinga song (Aves: Cotingidae), Proc. Biol. Sci. 293, e:20253150. (free pdf) [note: provided a circular timetree of 61 cotinga species based on the data of Harvey et al., 2020]