Berryeater Explained

Carpornis, the berryeaters, is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. These primarily frugivorous birds are endemic to the southern half of the Atlantic forest (eastern Brazil).

The genus contains two species.^[1] Both species are mainly greenish-yellow with a black hood.^[2] The genus is sister to the genus Snowornis that contains two pihas.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2021 . Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards . IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 7 December 2021 .
2. Book: Snow, David W. . David Snow (ornithologist) . 2004 . Family Cotingidae (Cotingas) . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Christie . D.A. . Handbook of the Birds of the World . 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails . Barcelona, Spain . Lynx Edicions . 978-84-87334-69-6 . 32–108 [79–80] . https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0009unse/page/79/mode/1up . registration .
3. Berv . J.S. . Prum . R.O. . Richard Prum . 2014 . A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Neotropical cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a comparative evolutionary analysis of breeding system and plumage dimorphism and a revised phylogenetic classification . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 81 . 120–136 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.001 . 25234241 .