Scaled fruiteater
Appearance
Scaled fruiteater | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cotingidae |
Genus: | Ampelioides Verreaux, 1867 |
Species: | A. tschudii
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Binomial name | |
Ampelioides tschudii (Gray, 1846)
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The scaled fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is the only member of the genus Ampelioides.[2]
It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2012). "Ampelioides tschudii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ "IRIS Report: Ampelioides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 March 2015.