---
title: "White-tipped Plantcutter"
description: "Phytotoma rutila — Birds. The white-tipped plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-tipped-plantcutter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-tipped Plantcutter

> Phytotoma rutila — Birds. The white-tipped plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas.

- Scientific name: *Phytotoma rutila*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4047
- Wikidata: [Q666376](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q666376)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8898](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8898)

## Names

- en: White-tipped Plantcutter
- de: Bandpflanzenmäher
- es: Cortarramas
- fr: Rara du Paraguay
- nl: Rosse zaagvink
- pl: Ziołosiek czerwonawy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (3356), BO (546), UY (46), BR (11), CL (5)

## Summary

The white-tipped plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and as a vagrant to Brazil and Chile.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tipped_plantcutter

## Photo

![White-tipped Plantcutter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-tipped-plantcutter/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22237448

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-tipped-plantcutter?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).