Cotingas (Cotingidae)
Orange-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola jucunda) - HBW 9, p. 83
French: Cotinga jucunda
German: Orangebrustkotinga
Spanish: Frutero Pechinaranja
Taxonomy: Pipreola jucunda P. L. Sclater, 1860, Cachillacta, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Closely related to P. aureopectus, P. lubomirskii and P. pulchra, and all sometimes treated as conspecific, but plumages distinct; geographical range overlap, but without intergradation, between present species and P. aureopectus in SW Colombia (Nariño). Monotypic.
Distribution: W slope of W Andes in Colombia (S from S Chocó) and Ecuador (S to Guayas).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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The female leaves the nest as the male arrives to feed the nestling. Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 12 November 2008 3 years ago 22 sec 4 -
Male Bird Sitting on a branch Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 21 November 2009 3 years ago 11 sec 3.8 -
Female bird sitting on a branch Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 21 November 2008 3 years ago 6 sec 2.8 -
Male in breeding plumage sitting on a branch Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 21 November 2008 3 years ago n/a 0
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Adult male, seen from the front, about to look for black berries among the green ones.
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 7 February 2011 18 weeks ago 4.4 -
A male perched in a fruiting tree where it was foraging.
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Scott Olmstead 20 October 2008 2 years ago 4 -
Male very close
Locality San Jose del Palmar, Choco Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 19 July 2011 23 weeks ago 3.6 -
Close-up of a perched male.
Locality Tatama National Park, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 4 July 2011 20 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird perching on a branch
Locality Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 29 September 2009 2 years ago 3
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Long song from adult male. Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 16 November 2008 2 years ago 3 -
Calls from a pair: male gives the short, loud, strongly upslurred notes, female gives the lighter, more drawn-out notes. Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 20 November 2008 2 years ago 0
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