Bare-necked Fruitcrow

The Bare-necked Fruitcrow is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Bare-necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is the only member of the genus Gymnoderus. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest, especially near rivers. It is relatively common, but generally rarer and more local north of the Amazon River. Both sexes are overall mainly blackish, but the male has distinctive, large greyish-blue facial- and neck-wattles and greyish-white wings, which flash conspicuously in flight. More

Bare-necked Fruitcrow determination Similar species Cotingidae Bare-necked Fruitcrow | Capuchinbird | Crimson Fruitcrow | Dusky Purpletuft | Guianan Cock-of-the-rock | Guianan Red-Cotinga | Pompadour Cotinga | Purple-breasted Cotinga | Purple-throated Fruitcrow | Screaming Piha | Sharpbill | Spangled Cotinga | White Bellbird | Conservation status Bare-necked Fruitcrow status Least Concern Bare-necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus) More

Bare-necked Fruitcrow determination Bare-necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus) The male is mainly blue-black with silver-grey wings. It gets its name from the blue bare skin on its neck which is all crinkled and folded. The eyering is also bare and blue. The female lacks the grey wings and has much less bare skin on the head. More

Bare-necked fruitcrowBirds in Suriname = - Photos of a bare-necked fruitcrow, made by Carl Beel in the Peperpot plantation near Paramaribo in December 2008.This is probably a juvenile bird as its belly looks a bit mottled. The male is generally more conspicious with a larger bare patch on its neck, blue feathers and silver grey on its wings. More