Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Cotingidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonia, Colombia

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Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonia, Colombia

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonia, Colombia

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male & Female | Loc. Amazonia, Colombia

Identification & Behavior: ~29 cm (11.4 in). The Purple-throated Fruitcrow is all black with a bluish-gray bill. The male has a broad patch of purple on the neck. If forages in the canopy of the mostly floodplain forest in pairs of family groups. The crow-like looking is unmistakable but see a female Bare-necked Fruitcrow and female Amazonian Umbrellabird.

Status: The Purple-throated Fruitcrow is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1000 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Cuervo-Frutero de Garganta Púrpura.

Sub-species: Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata), (Statius Müller), 1776.

Meaning of Name: Querula: L. querulous, queri= noisy, plaintive, to lament, to complain. purpurata: L. purpuratus= clad in purple.

See more of the Family Cotingidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • 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.