Band-tailed Fruiteater

About the Band-tailed Fruiteater

The band-tailed fruiteater (Pipreola intermedia) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. The band-tailed fruiteater was originally described as Pipreola viridis intermedia, a subspecies of the green-and-black fruiteater (later P. riefferii). Since the early twentieth century it has been treated as a full species.

The band-tailed fruiteater has two subspecies, the nominate P. i. intermedia (Taczanowski, 1884) and P. i. signata (Carl Eduard Hellmayr, 1917). The band-tailed fruiteater is 18.5 to 19.5 cm (7.3 to 7.7 in) long and weighs 44 to 59 g (1.6 to 2.1 oz). The sexes have different plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have an entirely black head and upper breast with a thin yellow band ("collar") around its base except on the nape. Their upperparts are green and the wings and tail mostly that color. The wing's tertials have white tips. The tail has a black bar near the end and white tips on the feathers. Their underparts are yellow with black scallops. Their flanks are green and also have black scallops. Females have a green head instead of the male's black, little or... Wikipedia →