Berryeaters | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cotingidae |
Genus: | Carpornis G.R. Gray, 1846 |
Carpornis, the berryeaters, is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. These primarily frugivorous birds are endemic to the southern half of the Atlantic forest (eastern Brazil).
The genus contains two species. Both species are mainly greenish-yellow with a black hood. The genus is sister to the genus Snowornis that contains two pihas.
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Hooded berryeater | Carpornis cucullata (Swainson, 1821) |
Brazil |
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Black-headed berryeater | Carpornis melanocephala (Wied, 1820) |
Brazil |
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References
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- Snow, David W. (2004). "Family Cotingidae (Cotingas)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 32–108 . ISBN 978-84-87334-69-6.
- Berv, J.S.; Prum, R.O. (2014). "A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Neotropical cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a comparative evolutionary analysis of breeding system and plumage dimorphism and a revised phylogenetic classification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 120–136. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.001. PMID 25234241.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Carpornis |
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