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What the Black-chested Fruiteater sounds like
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Fruiteaters are stocky birds with short tails and short tarsi (lower legs). The black-chested fruiteater is a medium-size fruiteater with a length of 18 cm (7.1 in). The male has a black head, throat and upper breast. The upper parts of the body are bright green and the underparts yellowish-green with mottling on the flanks. The female lacks the black head region and has a bright green back, throat and cheat and underparts streaked with yellow and green. The iris is yellow in both sexes, the beak pinkish-orange and the legs greenish-grey.
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When to see the Black-chested Fruiteater
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-chested Fruiteater
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-chested Fruiteater
The black-chested fruiteater is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, mostly on the eastern side of the Andes. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist montane forests and the IUCN lists its status as being of "least concern".
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Easily confused with
Masked FruiteaterPipreola pulchraAt 17 cm (7 in), the masked fruiteater is a medium-sized fruiteater.
Band-tailed FruiteaterPipreola intermediaThe band-tailed fruiteater is 18.5 to 19.5 cm (7.3 to 7.7 in) long and weighs 44 to 59 g (1.6 to 2.1 oz).
Fiery-throated FruiteaterPipreola chlorolepidotaAt just 12.5 cm (5 in), the fiery-throated fruiteater is the smallest species in the genus.
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