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Black-headed Berryeater

Carpornis melanocephala

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicFruitForestPlatform nestMedium · 64 g
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 1
Photo: Monkey Safari Tur · CC0
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 2
Photo: Monkey Safari Tur · CC0
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 3
Photo: Gabriel Jovêncio Ribeiro · CC BY 4.0
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 4
Photo: Gabriel Jovêncio Ribeiro · CC BY 4.0
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 5
Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 6
Photo: Monkey Safari Tur · CC0
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 7
Photo: Monkey Safari Tur · CC0
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 8
Photo: Monkey Safari Tur · CC0
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 9
Photo: Monkey Safari Tur · CC0
Black-headed Berryeater (Carpornis melanocephala), photo 10
Photo: Monkey Safari Tur · CC0

ID tip

The black-headed berryeater is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long; three individuals weighed between 63 to 67 g (2.2 to 2.4 oz). The sexes have almost identical plumage. Adult males have an entirely black head including the neck and throat with a very thin yellow "collar" around the sides and back of the neck. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are dull olive-green. Their underparts are mostly olive-yellow with fine dark olive bars and a plainer yellow lower belly. Adult females' heads have an olive wash. Voice: The black-headed berryeater's song is a "high, gliding-down, indignant-sounding njauow".

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When to see the Black-headed Berryeater

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-headed Berryeater

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil

About the Black-headed Berryeater

The black-headed berryeater is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is endemic to Brazil.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Hooded Berryeater (Carpornis cucullata) Hooded BerryeaterCarpornis cucullataThe hooded berryeater is 22.5 to 25 cm (8.9 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 67 to 85 g (2.4 to 3.0 oz).

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