Listen to the Scaled fruiteater
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About the Scaled fruiteater
The Scaled fruiteater is a bird in the family Cotingidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 78 g.
What does the Scaled fruiteater sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song and 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 scaled fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is the only member of the genus Ampelioides. This bird is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is the high elevation tropical forests of the Andes mountains. The scaled fruiteater is a chunky, short-tailed, flat-headed bird measuring 19–20 cm (7.5–7.9 in) in length. It uses its green scaled feather pattern to blend in with the dense vegetation of the South American rainforest.
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
Long-wattled umbrellabird
Cephalopterus penduliger
Rufous piha
Lipaugus unirufus
Black-necked red cotinga
Phoenicircus nigricollis
Purple-throated cotinga
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
Orange-breasted fruiteater
Pipreola jucunda
Dusky piha
Lipaugus fuscocinereus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Scaled fruiteater sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Scaled fruiteater on this page, including its song and call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Scaled fruiteater endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Scaled fruiteater as “least concern”.
What family does the Scaled fruiteater belong to?
The Scaled fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Santo Domingo: Chiriboga road at Río los Dos Rios, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Loja: Celica mts: E Alamor: Tierra Colorada, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Napo: 13 km SE San Rafael, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q662232 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Scaled fruiteater – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by desertnaturalist – CC BY 4.0