Purple Throated Fruitcrow

Copyright: monacoeye • Silanche, Ecuador, Feb 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Purple Throated Fruitcrow
Latin: Querula purpurata
Other: Querula gorgimorada (Es)
Family: Cotingidae • Cotingas, Manakins, Fruitcrows
Range: Southern Nicaragua to Amazonia. Inc. Panama, Ecuador.
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Above a male Purple-throated Fruitcrow, extending the purple ruff on its neck after calling, in the Rio Silanche Reserve in northwest Ecuador. Females are all black (see lowest photo), only males have the purple throat. Not in the crow family, but related to Cotingas.

Below, a male Purple-throated Fruitcrow • Pipeline Rd, Panama • April 2010



Below, a female Purple-throated Fruitcrow, sitting on a nest, Pipeline Rd, Panama.