A scintillating combination of yellow and green makes an otherwise chunky bird look very attractive bird indeed.
Meet the Green And Black Fruiteater
“Pipreola riefferii / Frutero verdinegro / Green-and-Black Fruiteater (female)” by felixú is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
The green-and-black fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii) is a plump, somewhat stocky bird measuring about 18 cm (7 in). The adult male has a black head, throat, and chest with green and mid-green upperparts, with pale tips to the tertial feathers of the wings. There is a yellow rim to the dark chest and the underparts are otherwise yellowish, usually mottled or streaked with green.
“Pipreola riefferii / Frutero verdinegro / Green-and-Black Fruiteater” by felixú is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
The female is similar to the male except her head is green, instead of black, along with the absence of the yellow necklace.
Both males and females have an orange-red bill and legs.
“Pipreola riefferii / Frutero verdinegro / Green-and-Black Fruiteater (female)” by felixú is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
These birds are endemic to and found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Green and black fruiteaters prefer to live in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests on the eastern side of the Andes in South America.
They feed mainly on fruits, some of them on species of the Chloranthaceae (Hedyosmum sp.), Ericaceae, and Melastomataceae families. It is thought that, like other species of cotinga, it may possibly eat some species of animal.
“Pipreola riefferii / Frutero verdinegro / Green-and-Black Fruiteater” by felixú is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
The breeding season is between January and July in the Central and Western mountain ranges. The nest is cup-shaped, built with moss and small roots on bushes 1 or 2 meters high. The female lays 2 creamy eggs flecked with reddish-brown dots.
“Green-and-black Fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii)” by Gregory ‘Slobirdr’ Smith is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
This birds population is stated as of least concern on their website.
“Pipreola riefferii / Frutero verdinegro / Green-and-Black Fruiteater (female)” by felixú is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
You can watch this bird right here in the video below:
