Cotingas (Cotingidae)

Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata) - HBW 9, p. 80

French: Cotinga barré German: Bindenkotinga Spanish: Frutero Barrado

Taxonomy: Ampelis arcuata Lafresnaye, 1843, “Bogotá”, Colombia.
Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • arcuata (Lafresnaye, 1843) - Sierra de Perijá (on Colombia-Venezuela border), and Andes of W Venezuela (E to SW Lara), Colombia, Ecuador and N & C Peru.
  • viridicauda Meyer de Schauensee, 1953 - Andes from C Peru (S from Junín) S to Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).