Listen to the Black-chested fruiteater
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About the Black-chested fruiteater
The Black-chested fruiteater is a bird in the family Cotingidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Black-chested fruiteater sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The black-chested fruiteater (Pipreola lubomirskii) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, mostly on the eastern side of the Andes. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist montane forests and the IUCN lists its status as being of "least concern".
Related birds in the genus Pipreola
More from the family Cotingidae
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Rupicola peruvianus
Guianan cock-of-the-rock
Rupicola rupicola
Amazonian umbrellabird
Cephalopterus ornatus
Screaming piha
Lipaugus vociferans
Red-crested cotinga
Ampelion rubrocristatus
Capuchinbird
Perissocephalus tricolor
Scaled fruiteater
Ampelioides tschudii
Long-wattled umbrellabird
Cephalopterus penduliger
Rufous piha
Lipaugus unirufus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Black-chested fruiteater sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Black-chested fruiteater on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Black-chested fruiteater endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Black-chested fruiteater as “least concern”.
What family does the Black-chested fruiteater belong to?
The Black-chested fruiteater (Pipreola lubomirskii) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Napo: 'Cabañas San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q681214 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Black-chested fruiteater – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by José Loaiza, Aves y Conservación – Public domain