Red-ruffed Fruitcrow

La historia

I photographed this Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus) at the Otún Quimbaya Fauna and Flora Sanctuary near Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia on June 20, 2017. Males gather in loose leks where they call to attract females. It eats fruit, insects and lizards, with fruit making up most of the adult diet. It is a cotinga and one of the largest songbirds in South America. The Otún Quimbaya sanctuary protects 489 hectares of Andean forest in the upper Otún River basin, about 15 kilometers from Pereira.

I took this with a Canon EOS 70D and the EF400mm f/5.6L USM, at 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 400. IUCN lists the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow as Least Concern with a decreasing population, and the Otún Quimbaya sanctuary, declared in 1996, is part of a conservation corridor along the upper Otún that links Los Nevados National Natural Park with regional reserves.

El ave

The Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (Pyroderus scutatus) pertenece a la familia Cotingidae (Cotingas) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.

Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)

Conservación

Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2024), with the population trend listed as decreasing. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN