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 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 plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. r. riefferii have an entirely blackish green head and upper breast with a yellow band ("collar") around its base except on the nape. Their upperparts and tail are green and the wings mostly that color; the wing's tertials have white tips. Their underparts are yellow with black streaks that are heavier on the flanks than in the center. Females have a green head instead of the male's black and no yellow collar.

The other subspecies of the green-and-black fruiteater differ from the nominate and each other thus:

P. r. occidentalis: males have a greenish wash on the throat and chest and only faint white tertial tips

P. r. confusa: smaller than nominate; greenish upper breast and heavy green streaks on underparts

P. r. chachapoyas: smaller than nominate; heavy green streaks on underparts

P. r. melanolaema: darker wings than nominate; males have black hood; females have faint yellow collar

P. r. tallmanorum: smallest subspecies; brighter red eyes than nominate; male has very glossy black hood and unstreaked lower breast and belly; female has bolder underparts green streaks than nominate

Both sexes of all subspecies have a dark red-brown iris, a bright red bill, and red or orange-red legs and feet.