Purple-throated Fruitcrow

Purple-throated FruitcrowThe Purple-throated Fruitcrow is a large cotinga with a black body and bluish-grey bill. Males have a purple throat patch, and the species forages for fruit in Amazonian floodplain forest canopy.What does it look like?It is black with a bluish-grey bill. Males have a broad purple patch on the neck; the source does not attribute the same patch to females.How does it live?The Purple-throated Fruitcrow is a large cotinga with a black body and bluish-grey bill. Males have a purple throat patch, and the species forages for fruit in Amazonian floodplain forest canopy.It forages for fruit in the canopy of mostly floodplain forest, in pairs or family groups. A study in two Colombian Amazonian forests observed short fruit-feeding visits and suggested it may help move seeds between habitats.Keeping it safeIUCN Red List · Least Concern (LC) · Global