Handsome Fruiteater (Pipreola formosa)
About the Handsome Fruiteater
The handsome fruiteater (Pipreola formosa) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is endemic to Venezuela. The handsome fruiteater was first described by the ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub in 1848 with the binomial name Ampelis formosa. The type specimen was originally said to have come from Venezuela, and later was determined to have likely came from Caracas. In 1925 it was placed in the genus Euchlornis as E. formosa before ending up in the genus Pipreola as P. formosa. The handsome fruiteater has three subspecies, the nominate P. f. formosa (Hartlaub, 1849), P. f. rubidior (Chapman, 1925), and P. f. pariae (Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1949).
No audio on this page yet
We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 8 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-ND · 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Barred FruiteaterPipreola arcuatarecording
- Black-chested FruiteaterPipreola lubomirskiirecording
- Green-and-black FruiteaterPipreola riefferiirecording
- Orange-breasted FruiteaterPipreola jucundarecording
- Scarlet-breasted FruiteaterPipreola frontalisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.