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Fiery-throated fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota) BP San Matias San Carlos, Pasco, Peru. Nov 17, 2020 Fiery-throated fruiteater,Geotagged,Peru,Pipreola chlorolepidota,Spring Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Fiery-throated fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota)

BP San Matias San Carlos, Pasco, Peru. Nov 17, 2020

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  1. Not the best photo, but this is really quite a rare bird, so I was very happy to find it and get any kind of photo at all! Posted 4 years ago
  2. This bird mimetizes so well in its environment..is like a " find me" picture! Posted 4 years ago
    1. Haha for sure! And when I first spotted him he was high up in a tree, half hidden by mist, and I kept losing him amidst the leaves! Posted 4 years ago
      1. Came out very good in the end! :-) Posted 4 years ago
  3. Fantastic find Thibaud Posted 4 years ago
    1. Thanks Niel! Fruiteaters are some of my favorite cloud forest birds! Posted 4 years ago
  4. Very cool, congrats! Posted 4 years ago
    1. Thanks Ferdy! But you've still seen the coolest of all, the Scaled Fruiteater! One day... Posted 4 years ago
      1. Hah, do admit it was memorable. The bird itself awesome, but also the back story where I was made fun of for even suggesting it. Posted 4 years ago
        1. That's just a perfect "told you so!" moment haha Posted 4 years ago

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The fiery-throated fruiteater is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat destruction of its rainforest habitat. Its population size and range are limited causing this species to be considered near threatened.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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By Thibaud Aronson

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Uploaded Jun 29, 2021. Captured Nov 17, 2020 08:59 in Puerto Bermudez, 19320, Peru.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/11.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO5000
  • 560mm