The Spangled Cotinga is a forest bird of northern South America. Males are brilliant blue, while females are brownish.
The male is vivid greenish blue spangled with black, with black wings and tail and a purple-red throat and upper breast. The female is brown to greyish brown and much less brightly coloured.
It feeds mainly on fruit and also takes insects during the breeding season, living in forests of northern South America.
It is often seen high in the canopy of savanna forest and rainforest, and occurs in small groups.
Females and young have dark-brown back feathers with narrow whitish edges, pale grey-brown underparts and a grey throat.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.