Typical Fruiteaters
Pipreola
Pipreola is a genus of bird in the family Cotingidae. Together with Ampelioides tschudii, they are collectively known as fruiteaters. All are restricted to humid montane or foothill forest in western or northern South America. They are thickset birds with predominantly greenish upperparts. Males of most species have black heads and/or reddish, orange or yellow to the throat, chest or belly.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Green-and-black Fruiteater
speciesPipreola riefferii
Orange-breasted Fruiteater
speciesPipreola jucunda
Barred Fruiteater
speciesPipreola arcuata
Golden-breasted Fruiteater
speciesPipreola aureopectus
Band-tailed Fruiteater
speciesPipreola intermedia
Fiery-throated Fruiteater
speciesPipreola chlorolepidota
Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater
speciesPipreola frontalis
Handsome Fruiteater
speciesPipreola formosa
Masked Fruiteater
speciesPipreola pulchra
Black-chested Fruiteater
speciesPipreola lubomirskii
Red-banded Fruiteater
speciesPipreola whitelyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8756.