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

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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 1 year ago 4.5
Female perched on a branch Locality Las Tangaras Nature Reserve, Choco Department, Colombia
Dubi Shapiro 8 July 2012 31 weeks ago 4.2
Male on a fruiting tree Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Rafael Merchante 13 November 2010 4 weeks ago 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 3 years ago 3.8
Male very close Locality San Jose del Palmar, Choco Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 19 July 2011 1 year ago 3.6
Close-up of a perched male. Locality Tatama National Park, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 4 July 2011 1 year ago 3.4
A female perched close to the path Locality Montezuma Peak Road, Montezuma Peak, Tatama National Park, Colombia
Manakin Nature Tours 25 February 2012 42 weeks ago 3
A bird perching on a branch Locality Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 29 September 2009 3 years ago 3