Hooded Berryeater

Carpornis cucullata

Least ConcernRareEndemicFruitForestCup nestMedium · 74 g

About the Hooded Berryeater

The hooded berryeater is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is endemic to Brazil.

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The 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). The sexes have similar plumage. Adult males have an entirely black head, neck, and upper breast with a thin yellow "collar" around the sides and back of the neck. Their back is chestnut-tinged brown and their rump and uppertail coverts dull greenish olive. Their wings and tail are mostly blackish with olive-green edges on the feathers. The greater and median wing coverts have buffish yellow tips that form two wing bars. Their underparts below the upper breast are yellow. Voice: The hooded berryeater's song is a "soft, mellow, wrat? what-now".

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Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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