The Amazonian Umbrellabird is a large cotinga with a black body, bushy crest, and heavy bill. It feeds on fruit and large insects in forests of the Amazon basin and the eastern Andean foothills.
The male is all black, with a heavy bill, pale eye, bushy crest, and throat wattle; the female is smaller. The male's wattle is longer, and a white patch marks the front of its crest.
It feeds on fruit and large insects in the canopy and is also found in riverine forest and floodplains. Males gather at display sites, where they give low calls and show their wattles.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.