Order: Passeriformes | Family: Cotingidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. East Andes of Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. East Andes of Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. East Andes of Ecuador
Status: The Black-chested Fruiteater is uncommon in montane forests of the east and west (Piura and Cajamarca) slopes of the northern Andes at elevations ranging between 1600-2300 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Frutero de Pecho Negro.
Sub-species: Black-chested Fruiteater (Pipreola lubomirskii), Taczanowski, 1879.
Meaning of Name: Pipreola: A variation on Pipra in order to indicate affinity” (Snow 1982). lubomirskii: Władysław Jan Emanuel Graf von Wisnicz und Jaroslaw and Prince Lubomirski (1824-1882) Polish conchologist, botanist, collector

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.