Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii)

Family
Cotingidae (Cotingas)

Size
19 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 575 - 2,700 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Sierra de Perij� (on Colombia-Venezuela border), and locally in Andes from Venezuela (Lara, south-eastern Tachir�) and northern Colombia south to north-western Bolivia (La Paz, western Beni); also coastal ranges of Ecuador, in western Esmeraldas and Guayas (Loma Alta), in western Ecuador; also, locally, east of Andes in Colombia (Sierra de Macarena) and Peru (Cordillera Azul).

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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (45)...)

Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) [XC114028]
by Eric DeFonso from Yellow House trail, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) [XC382366]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Reserva Natural r\u00edo \u00d1amb\u00ed, Vereda el Barro, Altaquer, Barbacoas, Nari\u00f1o., Colombia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Possibly most closely related to Pipreola.

References
See References.

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