Order: Passeriformes | Family: Cotingidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Abra Patricia, Amazonas
Age: Adult | Sex: Females | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Huanuco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male and Female | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Status: The Green and Black Fruiteater is common in montane forests of the east slope of the central and northern Andes at elevations ranging between 1200-2900 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Frutero Verde y Negro.
Sub-species: Green-and-black Fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii confusa), J. T. Zimmer, 1936. E Andes of Ecuador and extreme N Peru (W Amazonas).
(Pipreola riefferii chachapoyas), (Hellmayr), 1915. N Peru E of R Marañón (in Amazonas and San Martín).
(Pipreola riefferii tallmanorum), O’Neill and T. A. Parker, 1981. Carpish Mts and Cerros de Sira, in Huánuco (Peru).
Meaning of Name: Pipreola: A variation on Pipra in order to indicate affinity” (Snow 1982). riefferii: In honor of Gabriel Rieffer (fl. 1840) French explorer, collector in tropical America.

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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.