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title: "Purple-throated Fruitcrow"
description: "Querula purpurata — Uccelli. The purple-throated fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/purple-throated-fruitcrow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple-throated Fruitcrow

> Querula purpurata — Uccelli. The purple-throated fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas.

- Scientific name: *Querula purpurata*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 938
- Wikidata: [Q854711](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q854711)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8931](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8931)

## Names

- en: Purple-throated Fruitcrow
- de: Pioho
- es: Cotinga quérula
- fr: Coracine noire
- nl: Purperkeelvruchtenkraai
- pt: Anambeúna
- pl: Kruczyniec purpurowy

## Countries with the most observations

PA (248), EC (142), CO (118), CR (113), BR (84), PE (58), GF (48), GY (23), SR (9), BO (5)

## Summary

The purple-throated fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple-throated_fruitcrow

## Photo

![Purple-throated Fruitcrow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-throated-fruitcrow/medium.jpg)

Photo: tonyblake · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147122488

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/purple-throated-fruitcrow?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).