#fruiteater

[herpsandbirds]

Orange-breasted Fruit-eater (Pipreola jucunda), HIM EAT THE TASTY BERRIES!!!, family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, Ecuador

photographs by Dustin Chen

[todaysbird]

the golden-breasted fruiteater is a medium-sized member of the cotinga family with a plump build. they are found in colombia and venezuela. males and females share bright greenish coloration, but males have black lores and a black chin that females lack, and a solid yellow throat and belly that’s only streaked with yellow in the female. they are believed to feed solely on fruits, like their name implies. typically, the bird forages in pairs, but they’re typically passive with other species and often join mixed-species flocks to forage without confrontation. they are year-round residents in their range, and do not migrate.

[birdstudies]

October 26, 2025 - Black-chested Fruiteater (Pipreola lubomirskii) Found in parts of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, these fruiteaters live in mountain forests. They eat fruit, though the details of their diet are unknown, foraging alone or in pairs. Their breeding behavior has not been described. Though they are classified as a species of Least Concern by the IUCN, their population is thought to be declining due to habitat loss.

[best-bird-tournament]

Cotinga (Cotingidae) family - round 1, section 2

Which is the best bird?

Capuchinbird

Black-and-gold cotinga

Spangled cotinga

Chestnut-crested cotinga

Guianan cock-of-the-rock

Pompadour cotinga

Bare-necked fruitcrow

Purple-throated cotinga

Red-banded fruiteater

Black-faced cotinga

White-tipped plantcutter

Voting ended onDec 19, 2025

[spinus-pinus]

Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata

7/13/2024 Caldas, Colombia

brewmaster via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC

[birds-and-friends]

Andean cock-of-the-rock | Golden-browed chlorophonia | Orange-breasted fruiteater

Tim Hopwood

[birdblues]

Barred Fruiteater

[animalworld]

BLUE AND GOLD MACAW SPEECH Ara ararauna ©Laura Quick

Studies over the past 30 years continually show that parrots engage in much more than mere mimicry. Our avian friends can solve certain linguistic processing tasks as deftly as 4-6  year-old children. Parrots appear to grasp concepts like “same” and  “different”, “bigger” and “smaller”, “none” and numbers.  Perhaps most interestingly, they can combine labels and phrases in  novel ways. A January 2007 study in Language Sciences suggests using  patterns of parrot speech learning to develop artificial speech skills  in robots.

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