Listen to the Fiery-throated fruiteater
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About the Fiery-throated fruiteater
The Fiery-throated fruiteater is a bird in the family Cotingidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Fiery-throated 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 song. 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 fiery-throated fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat destruction of its rainforest habitat.
Related birds in the genus Pipreola
More from the family Cotingidae
Andean cock-of-the-rock
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 Fiery-throated fruiteater sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Fiery-throated fruiteater on this page, including its song. 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 Fiery-throated fruiteater endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Fiery-throated fruiteater as “least concern”.
What family does the Fiery-throated fruiteater belong to?
The Fiery-throated fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Río Bombuscaro, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1314587 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Fiery-throated fruiteater – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Nick Athanas – CC BY-SA 2.0