Purple-throated Fruitcrow vs Rufous-tailed Plantcutter

Purple-throated Fruitcrow

Querula purpurata

Medium107 gForest

The purple-throated fruitcrow is 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 12 in) long and weighs 91 to 133 g (3.2 to 4.7 oz). Adult males have glossy black upperparts and duller black underparts. Their throat feathers are dark reddish purple; they are long and square-tipped and form a "shield" to the sides and upper breast. Adult females are overall dull black and lack the shield though they may have a few crimson feathers on the throat. Both sexes have a dark brown iris, a pale gray or silver gray bill with a black tip, and dusky gray to black legs and feet. Juveniles have a dull black crown, wings, and tail.

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Recorded by radrat · Call · Pipeline road, Panama · CC0

Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0

Rufous-tailed Plantcutter

Phytotoma rara

Small47 gShrubland

It is a stocky bird, 18-20 centimetres in length, with short wings and a red eye. The longish tail is black with a reddish base. The upperparts of the male are grey-brown with dark streaks while the crown and underparts are chestnut-coloured. There is a white bar on the wing and a pattern of dark and pale areas on the face. Females have buff underparts with brown streaks and have buff rather than white in the wings. They do not have the males' chestnut crown but may show a cinnamon wash to the forehead and throat.

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Photo: dfaulder · CC BY 2.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Purple-throated Fruitcrow and Rufous-tailed Plantcutter.