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ForestCup nestLarge · 357 g
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It has a relatively heavy pale bluish bill, and the plumage is primarily black, but with a dull brown to bright orange-crimson patch on the throat depending on the subspecies, (thereby superficially resembling the smaller male purple-throated fruitcrow). Some subspecies have brown underparts. Males gather in loose leks where they call to attract the smaller, but otherwise similar, females.
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When to see the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Uruguay.
About the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
The red-ruffed fruitcrow is a species of bird in the monotypic genus Pyroderus. It belongs to the family Cotingidae, and is one of the largest passerines in South America. Its common names in Spanish include yacutoro, toropisco montañero, sangretoro, pájaro torero, and cuervo-frutero de garganta roja. This species was first named Coracias scutata by Shaw in 1792, but was later changed to the current scientific name. This species has five subspecies P. s. scutatus, P. s. orenocensis, P. s. granadensis, P. s. masoni, P. s. occidentalis.
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Easily confused with
Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculatusOne of four species of bellbird that live in Central and South America, the three-wattled bellbird is between 25 cm (9.8 in) and 30 cm (12 in) long.
Bare-necked FruitcrowGymnoderus foetidusThe bare-necked fruitcrow is 34 to 39 cm (13 to 15 in) long; one individual weighed 220 g (7.8 oz).
Rufous PihaLipaugus unirufusThe rufous piha is 22 to 26 cm (8.7 to 10 in) long; six individuals weighed 79 to 97 g (2.8 to 3.4 oz).
Side by side: Bare-necked Fruitcrow vs Red-ruffed Fruitcrow · Red-ruffed Fruitcrow vs Three-wattled Bellbird · Red-ruffed Fruitcrow vs Rufous Piha
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