The plantcutters are a group of passerine birds in the cotinga family, Cotingidae.

These are robust birds of open woodland, scrub and farmland in southern and western South America.

They resemble finches, and are among the few primarily folivorous birds, though they also take some fruits, berries and flowers.

They are sexually dichromatic, with males having black wings with white patches, and at least partially rufous underparts.

These pair-living birds lay 2 - 4 brown-spotted green eggs in a tree nest.