Berryeater

Berryeaters
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Carpornis
G.R. Gray, 1846

Carpornis, the berryeaters, is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. These primarily frugivorous birds are endemic to the southern half of the Atlantic forest (eastern Brazil).

The genus contains two species. Both species are mainly greenish-yellow with a black hood. The genus is sister to the genus Snowornis that contains two pihas.

Genus Carpornis – G.R. Gray, 1846 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Hooded berryeater

Carpornis cucullata
(Swainson, 1821)		 Brazil
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Diet:		  LC 


Black-headed berryeater

Carpornis melanocephala
(Wied, 1820)		 Brazil
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Diet:		  NT 



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