Scaled Fruiteater

Scaled Fruiteater
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Ampelioides
Verreaux,J, 1867
Species: A. tschudii
Binomial name
Ampelioides tschudii
(Gray, 1846)

The Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is the only member of the genus Ampelioides.

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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