Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota Scientific name definitions

The Fiery-throated Fruiteater is the smallest of the genus Pipreola, almost resembling a large manakin, although it appears to be most closely related to the Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola frontalis). Indeed, these two species are largely elevationally parapatric, but they do occur syntopically at several localities. The male Fiery-throated Fruiteater is entirely bright grass green above, with white-tipped tertials; the throat and upper breast are scarlet, while the rest of the underparts are green. It occurs over the east slope of the Andes from southern Colombia to central Peru, where the species inhabits humid foothill forest including mature second growth. Its vocalisations are easily overlooked. The Fiery-throated Fruiteater is generally found alone or in pairs, like its congenerics, and is sometimes observed following mixed-species flocks. The species has also been recorded in small groups of up to four individuals at fruiting trees.