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 →
20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Fruitcrow sighting in Utría National Natural Park, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Utría National Natural Park
Black-tipped Cotinga
Carpodectes hopkei
Blue Cotinga
Cotinga nattererii
Black-crowned Tityra
Tityra inquisitor
Masked Tityra
Tityra semifasciata
Rufous Piha
Lipaugus unirufus
Cinnamon Becard
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Myrmeciza exsul
Western Slaty-Antshrike
Thamnophilus atrinucha
Flame-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus flammigerus
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Cacicus uropygialis
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
📅 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 Utría National Natural Park?
About 28% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Fruitcrow sighting in Utría National Natural Park, based on 20 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Purple-throated Fruitcrow in Utría National Natural Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Purple-throated Fruitcrow in Utría National Natural Park in our monthly data.