Bare-necked Fruitcrow

Gymnoderus foetidus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCup nestMedium · 275 g

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The bare-necked fruitcrow is 34 to 39 cm (13 to 15 in) long; one individual weighed 220 g (7.8 oz). Both sexes have bare blue or bluish white skin on their lower face and neck; on both the skin drapes in folds though much less so on the female than male. The rest of their heads have short velvety feathers and their flanks have large patches of powder down. Adult males are otherwise mostly black except that most of their wing is silvery gray. Females are smaller than males; adults are mostly slaty gray with a faint paler scaly pattern. Voice: The bare-necked fruitcrow is described by some as silent or "apparently mute". Nevertheless, its voice has been described as a "deep bellowing oooooooo like a fog-horn". As of October 2025 xeno-canto and Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library each had a single recording.

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When to see the Bare-necked Fruitcrow

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bare-necked Fruitcrow

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Bare-necked Fruitcrow

The bare-necked fruitcrow is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

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