Fiery-throated Fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota)

Family
Cotingidae (Cotingas)

Size
12 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Swainson, 1837

Habitat
Lower and middle growth of humid forest. Principally at 600 - 1,500 m, occasionally down to 300 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia (B), Ecuador (B), Peru (B).

Eastern slope of Andes from southern Colombia (Cauca, western Caquet�) south to central and south-eastern Peru (south to Pasco, also isolated record in extreme eastern Puno).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through conversion to agriculture and cattle pasture, mining operations, oil exploration and logging, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Fiery-throated Fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota) [XC304657]
by Jerome Fischer from Reserva El Fin del Mundo, Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia (song)

Fiery-throated Fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota) [XC276395]
by Juan Pablo L\u00f3pez-O. from Napo: km 3 Narupa-Loreto road, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Apparently closely related to Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola frontalis). Speciation probably comparatively recent, but the two now exhibit extensive geographical overlap, although different altitudinal ranges.

References
See References.

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