The purple-breasted cotinga is from the family Cotingidae, a family of cotingas that boasts of over 100 species. The purple-breasted cotinga loves forests, especially rainforests with moistness.
The purple color helps them camouflage from any potential predator, and it also serves as a good mating tool. Like every other bird species in the Cotingidae, this cotinga species is frugivorous (their diet consists of fruits).
In size, it grows up to 13 inches and weighs between 32 and 39g. As the name shows, the purple-breasted cotinga has purple color running through the breast area, alongside the wings, head, neck, and back.
