Golden-breasted Fruiteater
Pipreola aureopectus
The golden-breasted fruiteater is 16.5 to 17.5 cm (6.5 to 6.9 in) long; three individuals weighed 46 to 50 g (1.6 to 1.8 oz). The sexes have very different plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have dusky lores and chin on an otherwise grass-green head. Their upperparts and tail are also grass-green. Their wings have small white tips on the tertials. Their throat and the middle of their breast are bright yellow. Their lower breast is lemon-yellow that blends to green on the sides and flanks. Adult nominate females have the same head, upperparts, tail, and wings as males. Voice: The golden-breasted fruiteater's song lasts about three seconds. It is "a high, sibiliant pseEEEeeeeeeeeaaaeeeEET tic! tic!" that rises quickly, slowly descends, and ascends at the end. It sometimes makes a shorter version, "seeeeeEEE!".
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Green-and-black Fruiteater
Pipreola riefferii
The green-and-black fruiteater is 17.5 to 20 cm (6.9 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 46 to 61 g (1.6 to 2.2 oz). The sexes have different plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. r. riefferii have an entirely blackish green head and upper breast with a yellow band ("collar") around its base except on the nape. Their upperparts and tail are green and the wings mostly that color; the wing's tertials have white tips. Their underparts are yellow with black streaks that are heavier on the flanks than in the center. Females have a green head instead of the male's black and no yellow collar. Voice: The song of most subspecies of the green-and-black fruiteater has variously been written as "tic-tic-ti-ti-ti-tiseeeeeeeeeeeeaa" and "ts-s-s-s-s-s-se-eeeeeeeeuuw". Their call is a "ery high-pitched, sibilant ti-ti-ti-ti for up to 5 seconds, dying away". Subspecies P. r. tallmanorum's call is different, "ti-ti-ti-seeee" with a thin, high-pitched last note.
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