LC
Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis



Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Pipreola frontalis and P. squamipectus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as P. frontalis following SACC (2005 & updates), Sibley & Monroe (1990, 1993) and Stotz et al. (1996).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
- - -

Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2016 Least Concern
2012 Not Recognised
2008 Not Recognised
2004 Not Recognised
2000 Not Recognised
1994 Not Recognised
1988 Not Recognised
Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency high
Land-mass type Average mass 42 g
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 410,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend decreasing - suspected -
Generation length 4.6 years - - -

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the pre-split species has been described as 'fairly common' (Stotz et al. 1996).


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Bolivia extant native yes
Peru extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland marginal resident
Forest Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane major resident
Altitude 1000 - 2300 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/scarlet-breasted-fruiteater-pipreola-frontalis on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.