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''Carpornis'', the berryeaters, is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. These primarily frugivorous birds are endemic to the southern half of the
Atlantic forest The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
(eastern Brazil). The genus contains two species. Both species are mainly greenish-yellow with a black hood. The genus is sister to the genus '' Snowornis'' that contains two pihas.


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*     Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by George Robert Gray {{Cotingidae-stub