Red-ruffed Fruitcrow

It has a relatively heavy pale bluish bill, and the plumage is primarily black, but with a bright orange-crimson patch on the throat . Some subspecies have brown underparts. Males gather in loose leks where they call to attract the smaller, but otherwise similar, females.

The Red-ruffed 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 Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, in the monotypic genus Pyroderus. It is among the largest Passerines in South America, though it is surpassed by another cotinga, the Amazonian Umbrellabird. It is found in humid forest, especially in highlands. It has a relatively heavy pale bluish bill, and the plumage is primarily black, but with a bright orange-crimson patch on the throat (thereby superficially resembling the smaller male Purple-throated Fruitcrow). More

The Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus) is a South American endemic that is found in humid forests, especially in highlands and have a highly disjunct distribution. Populations exist in the Tepuis (mountains) in Venezuela and Guyana, the east Andean slopes in Peru, Andean slopes in north-western Ecuador, Colombia and western Venezuela, the Venezuelan Coastal Range, and Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. More

Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus) by Don Jones. More

Red-ruffed Fruitcrow at Otun Quimbaya. Photo by Steve Bird. - Below is an excerpt from the report about our scouting trip to this area: Read the full report>> 23 February: This morning we made an early departure to the airport not knowing what we might encounter on the Lyre-tailed Nightjar. Photo by Steve Bird.bumpy road. More