Orange-breasted Fruiteater

Pipreola jucunda Sclater, PL, 1860

Cotingidae — Cotingas

Orange-breasted Fruiteater, Pipreola jucunda, is a bird of the Cotingidae family found in Colombia and Ecuador. It lives in subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The male has a glossy black head and bib, with an orange throat and yellow belly. The female does not have the dark head; instead, it shows green upperparts and green-and-yellow streaking below. Both sexes have orange bills and greyish-green legs. It was described by Sclater, PL, in 1860.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cotingidae — Cotingas
Breeding range
South America: Colombia, Ecuador
Orange-breasted Fruiteater
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