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 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.

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. ^ 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.


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