Order: Passeriformes | Family: Cotingidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Afluente, Amazonas
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Eastern Andes of Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Eastern Andes of Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Eastern Andes of Colombia
Status: The Scaled Fruiteater is generally rare in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes where it is known to range at elevations between 700-1800 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Frutero Escamoso.
Sub-species: Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii), (G. R. Gray), 1846.
Meaning of Name: Ampelioides: Ampelio= In reference to the genus Ampelion, Cabanis, 1845, (a berryeater). Oides= resembling. tschudii: In honor of Johann Jakob Baron von Tschudi (1818-1889) Swiss explorer, collector in Peru 1838-1842.

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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.