Long-wattled Umbrellabird

Cephalopterus penduliger

Male grows a feathered wattle longer than his body and dangles it during display. Improbable courier.

Population: 7,500–15,000 mature individuals, decreasing
Habitat: Humid foothill, lowland, and lower montane forest on the Pacific (western) slope of the Andes, roughly 80–1,900 m elevation (most concentrated in mid-elevation cloud/premontane forest); depends on mature/undisturbed forest for fruiting trees and lek display sites, with some tolerance of degraded secondary growth
Fun fact: Males gather at traditional lek sites and display by swinging and inflating their long, retractable feathered throat wattle to attract females, who then build the nest and raise the single-egg clutch alone.
Range: Pacific slope of the Andes from southwestern Colombia (Chocó south to Nariño) to southwestern Ecuador (Esmeraldas south to El Oro), within the Chocó / Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena bioregion
Diet: Primarily frugivorous, favoring fruits of palms, laurels (Lauraceae), and myrtles (Myrtaceae); occasionally takes invertebrates and small vertebrates
Size: 0.41 m

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