''Carpornis'', the berryeaters, is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. These primarily

frugivorous A frugivore ( ) is an animal that thrives mostly on raw fruits or succulent fruit-like produce of plants such as roots, shoots, nuts and seeds. Approximately 20% of mammalian herbivores eat fruit. Frugivores are highly dependent on the abundance ...

birds are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the southern half of the Atlantic forest (eastern

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

). The genus contains two species. Both species are mainly greenish-yellow with a black hood. The genus is

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to the genus ''

Snowornis ''Snowornis'' is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. The species were formerly included in the genus ''Lipaugus'', The genus ''Snowornis'' was introduced in 2001 by Richard Prum with the grey-tailed piha as the type species. The name was ...

'' that contains two pihas.

References

Birds of the Atlantic Forest Endemic birds of Brazil Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by George Robert Gray {{Cotingidae-stub