Green-and-black Fruiteater

Green-and-black Fruiteater

Pipreola riefferii

Silhouette: Edwin Price · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Chingaza National Natural Park

In 3 days ~10%

18 Verified sightings at Chingaza National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
842 In all 4 parks
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Green-and-black Fruiteater

The green-and-black fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The green-and-black fruiteater was originally described as Ampelis riefferii. It was soon moved to its present genus Pipreola.

The green-and-black fruiteater's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC and Birdlife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these six subspecies: What is now the band-tailed fruiteater (P. intermedia) was originally described as a subspecies of the green-and-black fruiteater.

The green-and-black fruiteater is 17.5 to 20 cm (6.9 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 46 to 61 g (1.6 to 2.2 oz). The sexes have different... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:54

Colombia · 2022

© Frank Lambert · XC1031721 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:27

Colombia · 2021

© Peter Boesman · XC693773 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:13

Ecuador · 2025

© Marc Anderson · XC1000217 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
2 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
3 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
4 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Green-and-black Fruiteater in Chingaza National Natural Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green-and-black Fruiteater sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 139th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Green-and-black Fruiteater in Chingaza National Natural Park?

January and May

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-and-black Fruiteater in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and June–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Green-and-black Fruiteater?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-and-black Fruiteater sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where does the Green-and-black Fruiteater sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Green-and-black Fruiteater is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (18 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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