Cotingas (Cotingidae)

Green-and-black Fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii) - HBW 9, p. 80

French: Cotinga vert et noir German: Goldbandkotinga Spanish: Frutero Verdinegro
Other common names: Black-headed/Huanuco/Tallmans’ Fruiteater (tallmanorum)

Taxonomy: Ampelis Riefferii Boissonneau, 1840, “Bogotá”, Colombia.
Closely related to P. intermedia, and has been treated as conspecific; in addition to differences in plumage (especially tail colour), however, the two overlap in range in C Peru and in some areas occur together, although they differ in altitudinal range. Distinctive race tallmanorum, from outlying mountains E of main Andean range, may merit species status. Race confusa possibly better merged with chachapoyas. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

melanolaema P. L. Sclater, 1856 - mountains of NW & N Venezuela (S Lara S to C Táchira, and Aragua E to Miranda).
riefferii (Boissonneau, 1840) - Sierra de Perijá (on Colombia-Venezuela border), W Venezuela (W Táchira), and E & C Andes of Colombia.
occidentalis (Chapman, 1914) - W Andes (also extreme S end of C range) of Colombia and W slope in Ecuador.

See all 6 subspecies

melanolaema P. L. Sclater, 1856 - mountains of NW & N Venezuela (S Lara S to C Táchira, and Aragua E to Miranda).
riefferii (Boissonneau, 1840) - Sierra de Perijá (on Colombia-Venezuela border), W Venezuela (W Táchira), and E & C Andes of Colombia.
occidentalis (Chapman, 1914) - W Andes (also extreme S end of C range) of Colombia and W slope in Ecuador.
confusa J. T. Zimmer, 1936 - E Andes of Ecuador and extreme N Peru (W Amazonas).
chachapoyas (Hellmayr, 1915) - N Peru E of R Marañón (in Amazonas and San Martín).
tallmanorum O’Neill & Parker, 1981 - Carpish Mts and Cerros de Sira, in Huánuco (Peru).