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 →
10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Fruitcrow sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 143 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
Masked Tityra
Tityra semifasciata
Cinnamon Becard
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
Black-crowned Tityra
Tityra inquisitor
White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
Snowy Cotinga
Carpodectes nitidus
Rufous Piha
Lipaugus unirufus
Bare-necked Umbrellabird
Cephalopterus glabricollis
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
Lesser Greenlet
Hylophilus decurtatus
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
📅 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 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?
About 13% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Fruitcrow sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 143 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Purple-throated Fruitcrow in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?
June has the highest sighting rate for Purple-throated Fruitcrow in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.