Pipreola intermedia
The Band-tailed Fruiteater (Pipreola intermedia) is a striking, medium-sized Neotropical passerine belonging to the Cotingidae family, renowned for its vivid plumage and generally quiet demeanor. Males are particularly conspicuous, boasting a vibrant emerald green back and upperparts, a glossy black head and throat, a prominent white band across the breast, and a bright yellow lower belly transitioning to chestnut undertail coverts. Females, in contrast, are duller, predominantly green with a...
Found primarily in humid montane cloud forests and forest edges, the Band-tailed Fruiteater typically inhabits elevations between 1,500 and 2,800 meters, occasionally ranging higher or lower.
Primarily frugivorous, consuming a variety of berries and small fruits, supplemented by insects caught through gleaning or aerial hawking.
The Band-tailed Fruiteater is a diurnal bird, often observed alone or in loose association with mixed-species flocks, particularly with tanagers and other cotingas, foraging quietly in the mid-story to sub-canopy. Its foraging strategy involves plucking berries and small fruits directly from bran...
The Band-tailed Fruiteater is a resident species distributed throughout the humid montane forests of the Andes in South America. Its extensive range stretches from extreme western Venezuela (in the states of Táchira and Mérida) southwards through the Western, Central, and Eastern Andes of Colombi...
Least Concern
- The male's striking white breast band gives this species its common name, a key field mark among the diverse Pipreola fruiteaters. - Despite their vibrant colors, Band-tailed Fruiteaters are often quiet and sedentary, spending long periods motionless in the canopy, making them surprisingly diff...