Biology:Berryeater

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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.[1] Both species are mainly greenish-yellow with a black hood.[2] The genus is sister to the genus Snowornis that contains two pihas.[3]

Genus Carpornis – G.R. Gray, 1846 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Hooded berryeater

File:Carpornis cucullata Hooded berryeater (male), Bertioga, São Paulo, Brazil.jpg

Carpornis cucullata
(Swainson, 1821) 		Brazil
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Black-headed berryeater

Carpornis melanocephala
(Wied, 1820) 		Brazil
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 



References

  1. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2021). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/cotingas/. 
  2. ↑ Snow, David W. (2004). "Family Cotingidae (Cotingas)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A.. Handbook of the Birds of the World. 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 32–108 [79–80]. ISBN 978-84-87334-69-6. https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0009unse/page/79/mode/1up. 
  3. ↑ 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. 

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