Fiery-throated Fruiteater - BirdForum Opus

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The individual pictured is probably a female, despite the orange throat
Photo by steveblain
Loreto Road, Ecuador, January 2006

Pipreola chlorolepidota

Distribution

South America. Found in the Andean foothills of south-eastern Colombia to Ecuador and central Peru (Pasco).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Sub-tropical forest.

Behaviour

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Fiery-throated Fruiteater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fiery-throated_Fruiteater

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