Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae (Cotingas)  
Genus: Pipreola (5 species, 11 worldwide)


Barred Fruiteater
Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata arcuata) Male
Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Barred Fruiteater
Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata arcuata) Female
Hacienda del Bosque, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at higher altitudes, around 3000m, than other fruiteaters, and also a bit larger.

Golden-breasted Fruiteater
Golden-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola aureopectus decora) Male
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Female similar to female Orange-breasted Fruiteater.

Handsome Fruiteater
Handsome Fruiteater (Pipreola formosa formosa) Male ENDEMIC
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Handsome Fruiteater
Handsome Fruiteater (Pipreola formosa rubidior) Male ENDEMIC
Piedra de Moler, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Handsome Fruiteater
Handsome Fruiteater (Pipreola formosa) Female ENDEMIC
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Margareta Wieser   © All Rights Reserved.


Green-and-black Fruiteater
Green-and-black Fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii) Male
Predio de Conservacion Ecologico Paniquita, Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Green-and-black Fruiteater
Green-and-black Fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii) Female
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Perhaps the most common fruiteater found in Andean forests from 1600-3000m.

Red-banded Fruiteater
Red-banded Fruiteater (Pipreola whitelyi kathleenae) Male
La Escalera (Sierra de Lema), BolĂ­var state, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



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