Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Querula purpurata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCotingidae (Cotingas)
- GenusQuerula
- SpeciesQuerula purpurata (Purple-throated Fruitcrow)
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. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Fruitcrow sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Parque Natural Metropolitano
White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
Masked Tityra
Tityra semifasciata
Black-crowned Tityra
Tityra inquisitor
Cinnamon Becard
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
White-shouldered Tanager
Loriotus luctuosus
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Rufous-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius rutilus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Rufous-and-white Wren
Thryophilus rufalbus
Lesser Greenlet
Hylophilus decurtatus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Purple-throated Fruitcrow in Parque Natural Metropolitano?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Fruitcrow sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Purple-throated Fruitcrow in Parque Natural Metropolitano?
May has the highest sighting rate for Purple-throated Fruitcrow in Parque Natural Metropolitano in our monthly data.