Pipreola

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
Black-chested fruiteater (Pipreola lubomirskii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
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]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Pipreola arcuataBarred fruiteaterVenezuela, Colombia and Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia
Pipreola aureopectusGolden-breasted fruiteaterColombia, and Venezuela
Pipreola chlorolepidotaFiery-throated fruiteaterColombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Pipreola formosaHandsome fruiteaternorthern Venezuela
Pipreola frontalisScarlet-breasted fruiteaterBolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
Pipreola intermediaBand-tailed fruiteaterBolivia and Peru
Pipreola jucundaOrange-breasted fruiteaterColombia and Ecuador
Pipreola lubomirskiiBlack-chested fruiteaterColombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Pipreola pulchraMasked fruiteaterPeru
Pipreola riefferiiGreen-and-black fruiteaterColombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
Pipreola whitelyiRed-banded fruiteaterVenezuela, 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. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  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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