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.
| Pipreola | |
|---|---|
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| Black-chested fruiteater (Pipreola lubomirskii) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Pipreola arcuata | Barred fruiteater | Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia |
_(13961107497).jpg) | Pipreola aureopectus | Golden-breasted fruiteater | Colombia, and Venezuela |
.jpg) | 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 |
_photographed_by_devon_pike_in_peru_in_2011.jpg) | Pipreola pulchra | Masked fruiteater | Peru |
 | Pipreola riefferii | Green-and-black fruiteater | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
;_Mount_Roraima,_Venezuela.jpg) | Pipreola whitelyi | Red-banded fruiteater | Venezuela, western Guyana, and extreme north Brazil |
References
- 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