Pipreola

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Pipreola
Black-chested fruiteater (Pipreola lubomirskii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Pipreola
Swainson, 1838
Type species
Pipreola chlorolepidota (fiery-throated fruiteater)
Swainson, 1838

Pipreola is a genus of

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.

Taxonomy

The genus Pipreola was introduced in 1838 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate a single species, the fiery-throated fruiteater.[1][2] The genus name is a Latin diminutive of the genus Pipra that was introduced in 1764 by Carl Linnaeus.[3]

The genus now contains 11 species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Pipreola arcuata Barred fruiteater Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia
Pipreola aureopectus Golden-breasted fruiteater Colombia, and Venezuela
Pipreola chlorolepidota Fiery-throated fruiteater Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Pipreola formosa Handsome fruiteater northern Venezuela
Pipreola frontalis Scarlet-breasted fruiteater Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
Pipreola intermedia Band-tailed fruiteater Bolivia and Peru
Pipreola jucunda Orange-breasted fruiteater Colombia and Ecuador
Pipreola lubomirskii Black-chested fruiteater Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Pipreola pulchra Masked fruiteater Peru
Pipreola riefferii Green-and-black fruiteater Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
Pipreola whitelyi Red-banded fruiteater Venezuela, western Guyana, and extreme north Brazil

References

  1. ^ Swainson, William John (1838). Animals in Menageries. The Cabinet Cyclopedia. London: Longman, Orne, Brown, Green, Longmans and Taylor. p. 357.
  2. ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 286.
  3. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
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  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  • Fitzpatrick, J. W., and Hosner, P. A. (2004). Fruiteaters (Pipreola). pp. 80–84 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Christie, D. A. eds. (2004). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cotingas to Wagtails. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
    ISBN 84-87334-69-5
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