Green-and-black Fruiteater
Pipreola riefferii
(L 7")
Fairly common in Andean
tropical and subtropical
forests...Usually in pairs.
tropical and subtropical
forests...Usually in pairs.
Bellavista Lodge
14Jan2011
Green colors in birds are often
produced by a yellow pigment
layered on top of structural blue.
produced by a yellow pigment
layered on top of structural blue.
(R Lederer and C Burr)
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Spencer
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Macaulay
Library
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Pipreola in Greek means manakin;
riefferii refers to Rieffer (1840)
an otherwise unknown collector in
tropical America.
riefferii refers to Rieffer (1840)
an otherwise unknown collector in
tropical America.
females