Bare-necked fruitcrow

Bare-necked fruitcrow
Gymnoderus foetidus head drawing by Keulemans, 1901
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cotingidae
Genus: Gymnoderus
E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
Species: G. foetidus
Binomial name
Gymnoderus foetidus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The bare-necked fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is the only member of the genus Gymnoderus. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest, especially near rivers. It is relatively common, but generally rarer and more local north of the Amazon River. Both sexes are overall mainly blackish, but the male has distinctive, large greyish-blue facial- and neck-wattles and greyish-white wings, which flash conspicuously in flight.

Population

Population numbers appear to be decreasing, but because it is less than a 30% decline over ten years or three generations, they are not on the Vulnerable list.[2]

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