Cotingas (Cotingidae)

Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus) - HBW 9, p. 101

French: Coracine ignite German: Rotkehlkotinga Spanish: Yacutoro

Taxonomy: Coracias scutata Shaw, 1792, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Genus probably closest to Cephalopterus. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

occidentalis Chapman, 1914 - W Andes and W slope of C Andes of Colombia, and W slope in NW Ecuador.
granadensis (Lafresnaye, 1846) - Sierra de Perijá (on Colombia-Venezuela border), N & W Venezuela (Andes, and coastal mountains E to Distrito Federal) and E Andes and E slope of C Andes of Colombia.
masoni Ridgway, 1886 - Andes of N & C Peru.

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occidentalis Chapman, 1914 - W Andes and W slope of C Andes of Colombia, and W slope in NW Ecuador.
granadensis (Lafresnaye, 1846) - Sierra de Perijá (on Colombia-Venezuela border), N & W Venezuela (Andes, and coastal mountains E to Distrito Federal) and E Andes and E slope of C Andes of Colombia.
masoni Ridgway, 1886 - Andes of N & C Peru.
orenocensis (Lafresnaye, 1846) - E Venezuela (NE Bolívar) and adjacent N Guyana.
scutatus (Shaw, 1792) - SE Brazil (Bahia and S Goiás S to Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).