Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae (Cotingas)  
Genus: Pipreola (11 species)


Barred Fruiteater
Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata arcuata) Male
Range: SA: w Venezuela to Bolivia
Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Barred Fruiteater
Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata arcuata) Female
Range: SA: w Venezuela to Bolivia
Hacienda del Bosque, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at higher altitudes, around 3000m, than other fruiteaters, and also a bit larger.

Golden-breasted Fruiteater
Golden-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola aureopectus decora) Male
Range: SA: Colombia, Venezuela
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Female similar to female Orange-breasted Fruiteater.

Fiery-throated Fruiteater
Fiery-throated Fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota) Male
Range: SA: s Colombia to Peru
Quebrada Mishquiyacu, San Martín region, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Fiery-throated Fruiteater
Fiery-throated Fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota) Female
Range: SA: s Colombia to Peru
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The smallest Fruiteater also has a faint, simple call that often goes unnoticed. Found from canopy to forest floor.

Handsome Fruiteater
Handsome Fruiteater (Pipreola formosa formosa) Male
Range: SA: n Venezuela
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Handsome Fruiteater
Handsome Fruiteater (Pipreola formosa rubidior) Male
Range: SA: n Venezuela
Piedra de Moler, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Handsome Fruiteater
Handsome Fruiteater (Pipreola formosa) Female
Range: SA: n Venezuela
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Margareta Wieser   © All Rights Reserved.


Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater
Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola frontalis) Male
Range: SA: n Ecuador to Bolivia
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by MeegsC     Copyright and usage info


Band-tailed Fruiteater
Band-tailed Fruiteater (Pipreola intermedia) Male
Range: SA: Peru to Bolivia
Satipo road, Junin, Peru  
   
Photograph by Juan José Chalco Luna   © All Rights Reserved.

Band-tailed Fruiteater
Band-tailed Fruiteater (Pipreola intermedia) Male
Range: SA: Peru to Bolivia
Peru  
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-breasted Fruiteater
Orange-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola jucunda) Male
Range: SA: Colombia, Ecuador
Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Orange-breasted Fruiteater
Orange-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola jucunda) Female
Range: SA: Colombia, Ecuador
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-chested Fruiteater
Black-chested Fruiteater (Pipreola lubomirskii) Male
Range: SA: s Colombia to Peru
Santa Cecilia trail above Paquisha, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Masked Fruiteater
Masked Fruiteater (Pipreola pulchra) Male
Range: SA: Peru
Bosque de Sho'llet, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Green-and-black Fruiteater
Green-and-black Fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii) Male
Range: SA: n Venezuela to n Peru
Predio de Conservacion Ecologico Paniquita, Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Green-and-black Fruiteater
Green-and-black Fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii) Female
Range: SA: n Venezuela to n Peru
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Perhaps the most common fruiteater found in Andean forests from 1600-3000m.

Red-banded Fruiteater
Red-banded Fruiteater (Pipreola whitelyi kathleenae) Male
Range: SA: Tepuis
La Escalera (Sierra de Lema), Bolívar state, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



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